Propensity score analysis in observational research: Application to a study of prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism;L'analyse par score de propension. Exemple d'application à une étude observationnelle sur la prophylaxie de la maladie thromboembolique veineuse

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-258

  Labarere J ^a,b   Bosson, J L ^a   Francois P ^a,b   Fine, M J ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Observational studies; Propensity score; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

EMBOLISM PREVENTION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATION; ODDS RATIO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 42149155461     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2007.08.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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