Propensity score methods for bias reduction in the comparison of a treatment to a non-randomized control group

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 2265-2281

  D'Agostino Jr , Ralph B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; OBSTETRICS; PAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 3543135271     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19981015)17:19<2265::AID-SIM918>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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