Estimation of optimal dynamic anticoagulation regimens from observational data: A regret-based approach

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 4197-4215

  Rosthøj, Susanne ^a   Fullwood, Catherine ^b   Henderson, Robin ^c   Stewart, Syd ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d 4S Dawn Software ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Casual inference; Dose adjustment; Time varying treatment; Warfarin treatment

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ALGORITHM; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; THROMBOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; WARFARIN;

EID: 33845907187     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2694     Document Type: Article

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