Use of stabilized inverse propensity scores as weights to directly estimate relative risk and its confidence intervals

Value in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-277

  Xu, Stanley ^a   Ross, Colleen ^a   Raebel, Marsha A ^a   Shetterly, Susan ^a   Blanchette, Christopher ^b   Smith, David ^c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Incidence rate ratio; Inverse probability of treatment weighting; Stabilized weights; Type I error rates

Indexed keywords

HORMONE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INVERSE PROBABILITY OF TREATMENT WEIGHTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; VARIANCE;

EID: 77149125892     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2009.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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