Propensity score methods gave similar results to traditional regression modeling in observational studies: A systematic review

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 550-559

  Shah, Baiju R ^a,b   Laupacis, Andreas ^a,b   Hux, Janet E ^a,b   Austin, Peter C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confounding; Observational studies; Propensity scores; Regression modeling; Statistical methods; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

EMBASE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 18844452973     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.10.016     Document Type: Article

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