Survivor treatment bias, treatment selection bias, and propensity scores in observational research

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-138

  Austin, Peter C ^a,b   Platt, Robert W ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR BIAS; VALVULOPLASTY;

EID: 72749085575     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.05.009     Document Type: Note

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