A simple method for principal strata effects when the outcome has been truncated due to death

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 745-751

  Chiba, Yasutaka ^a   Vanderweele, Tyler J ^b  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

causal inference; randomized trials; stratification; truncation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBPOPULATION; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL STUDY; VENTILATION;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR AVERAGE CAUSAL EFFECT;

CAUSALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953837790     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq418     Document Type: Article

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