The multiple propensity score as control for bias in the comparison of more than two treatment arms: An introduction from a case study in mental health

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-174

  Spreeuwenberg, Marieke Dingena ^a,b   Bartak, Anna ^c,d   Croon, Marcel A ^a   Hagenaars, Jacques A ^a   Busschbach, Jan J V ^c,e   Andrea, Helene ^c,e   Twisk, Jos ^b   Stijnen, Theo ^f  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c Viersprong Institute for Studies on Personality Disorders VISPD   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bias; Mental health; Outcomes research; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 77449128579     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181c1328f     Document Type: Article

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