Extending iterative matching methods: An approach to improving covariate balance that allows prioritisation

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 95-114

  Ramsahai, Roland R ^a   Grieve, Richard ^a   Sekhon, Jasjeet S ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance measure; Mahalanobis distance; Matching; Propensity score; Right heart catheterisation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GENETIC MATCHING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 83555168314     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: 15729400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10742-011-0075-5     Document Type: Article

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