Comparing standard regression, propensity score matching, and instrumental varibles methods for determining the influence of mammography on stage of diagnosis

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 279-290

  Posner, Michael A ^a   Ash, Arlene S ^b   Freund, Karen M ^b   Moskowitz, Mark A ^b   Shwartz, Michael ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services research; Observational studies; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0035760654     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020323429121     Document Type: Article

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