Causal effect of ambulatory specialty care on mortality following myocardial infarction: A comparison of propensity score and instrumental variable analyses

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 221-245

  Landrum, Mary Beth ^a   Ayanian, John Z ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Causal inference; Instrumental variables; Propensity scores; Specialty care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035761851     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020367111374     Document Type: Article

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