A review of the application of propensity score methods yielded increasing use, advantages in specific settings, but not substantially different estimates compared with conventional multivariable methods

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 437.e1-437.e24

  Stürmer, Til ^a   Joshi, Manisha ^a   Glynn, Robert J ^a   Avorn, Jerry ^a   Rothman, Kenneth J ^a,b   Schneeweiss, Sebastian ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bias; Clinical effectiveness; Confounding; Epidemiology; Propensity score; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVALUATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE ANALYSIS; PUBLICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645226210     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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