Propensity score analysis with a time-dependent intervention is an acceptable although not an optimal analytical approach when treatment selection bias and survivor bias coexist

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-140

  Tleyjeh, Imad M ^a,b   Ghomrawi, Hassan M K ^c   Steckelberg, James M ^b   Montori, Victor M ^b   Hoskin, Tanya L ^b   Enders, Felicity ^b   Huskins, W Charles ^b   Mookadam, Farouk ^d   Wilson, Walter R ^b   Zimmerman, Valerie ^a   Baddour, Larry M ^b  

^a KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR BIAS; VALVULOPLASTY;

EID: 72749115894     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.07.017     Document Type: Note

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