Propensity score matching in randomized clinical trials

Biometrics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 813-823

  Xu, Zhenzhen ^a   Kalbfleisch, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustered randomized trial; Experimental design; Optimal full matching; Propensity score matching; Randomization study

Indexed keywords

RANDOM PROCESSES;

CLUSTERED RANDOMIZED TRIAL; MATCHINGS; MEAN SQUARED ERROR; OPTIMAL FULL MATCHING; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; RANDOMISATION; RANDOMIZATION STUDY; RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS; RANDOMIZED TRIAL; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TREATMENT; EDUCATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH CARE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 77956868044     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2009.01364.x     Document Type: Article

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