Matching for several sparse nominal variables in a case-control study of readmission following surgery

American Statistician

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 229-238

  Zubizarreta, José R ^a   Reinke, Caroline E ^a   Kelz, Rachel R ^a   Silber, Jeffrey H ^b   Rosenbaum, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assignment algorithm; Caliper match; Finely balanced match; Near exact match

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856031326     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/tas.2011.11072     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Agresti, A. (2002), Categorical Data Analysis, New York: John Wiley.234
2. Bergstralh, E.J., Kosanke, J.L., and Jacobsen, S.L. (1996), "Software for Optimal Matching in Observational Studies," Epidemiology, 7, 331-332. 230, 237
3. Bertsekas, D. P. (1981), "A New Algorithm for the Assignment Problem," Mathematical Programming, 21, 152-171.237
4. Cleveland, W. S. (1994), The Elements of Graphing Data, Summit, NJ: Hobart Press.234
5. Cochran, W. G., and Rubin, D. B. (1973), "Controlling Bias in Observational Studies: A Review," Sankhyā, 35, 417-446.237
6. Efron, B. (1971), "Forcing a Sequential Experiment to be Balanced," Biometrika, 58, 403-417.231
7. Hansen, B.B. (2007), "Optmatch," R News, 7, 18-24.230, 237
8. Hedayat, A. S., Sloane, N. J. A., and Stufken, J. (1999), Orthogonal Arrays: Theory and Applications, New York: Springer.231
9. Heller, R., Manduchi, E., and Small, D. S. (2009), "Matching Methods for Observational Microarray Studies," Bioinformatics, 25, 904-909.230
10. Khoury, M. J., Little, J., and Burke, W. (2004), Human Genome Epidemiology, New York: Oxford.230
11. Luenberger, D. G. (1984), Linear and Nonlinear Programming, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. 237
12. Mantel, N., (1973), "Synthetic Retrospective Studies and Related Topics," Biometrics, 29, 479-486.229
13. Mehrotra, D. V., Li, X., and Gilbert, P. B. (2006), "A Comparison of Eight Methods for the Dual-Endpoint Evaluation of Efficiency in a Proof-of-Concept HIV Vaccine Trial," Biometrics, 62, 893-900.234
14. R Development Core Team. (2007), R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing, Vienna: R Foundation, http://www.R-project.org.237
15. Papadimitriou, C.H., and Steiglitz, K. (1982), Combinatorial Optimization: Algorithms and Complexity, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. Reprinted: New York: Dover.237
16. Pregibon, D. (1981), "Logistic Regression Diagnostics," The Annals of Statistics, 9, 705-724.235
17. Rao, C. R. (1947), "Factorial Experiments Derivable from Combinatorial Arrangements of Arrays," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Supplement, 9, 128-139.231
18. Rosenbaum, P. R. (1989), "Optimal Matching in Observational Studies," Journal of American Statistical Association, 84, 1024-1032.230
19. Rosenbaum, P. R. (2010), Design of Observational Studies, New York: Springer.236, 237
20. Rosenbaum, P. R., Ross R. N., and Silber, J. H. (2007), "Minimum Distance Matched Sampling with Fine Balance in an Observational Study of Treatment for Ovarian Cancer," Journal of American Statistical Association, 102, 75-83.230, 237
21. Rosenbaum, P.R., and Rubin, D.B. (1983), "The Central Role of the Propensity Score in Observational Studies of Causal Effects," Biometrika, 70, 41-55. 236
22. Rosenbaum, P.R., and Rubin, D.B. (1985), "Constructing a Control Group by Multivariate Matched Sampling Methods that Incorporate the Propensity Score," The American Statistician, 39, 33-38.231, 236
23. Rosenbaum, P. R., and Silber, J. H. (2008), "Aberrant Effects of Treatment," Journal of American Statistical Association, 103, 240-247.234
24. Rubin, D. B. (1973), "Use of Matched Sampling and Regression Adjustment to Remove Bias in Observational Studies," Biometrics, 29, 185-203.230
25. Rubin, D. B. (1979), "Using Multivariate Matched Sampling and Regression Adjustment to Control Bias in Observational Studies," Journal of the American Statistical Association, 74, 318-328.230
26. Rubin, D. B. (1980), "Bias Reduction using Mahalanobis Metric Matching," Biometrics, 36, 293-298.230, 236
27. Silber, J. H., Rosenbaum, P. R., Even-Shoshan, O., Mi, L. Y., Kyle, F. A., Teng, Y., Bratzler, D. W., and Fleisher, L. A. (2011a), "Estimating Anesthesia Time using the Medicare Claim: A Validation Study," Anesthesiology, 115, 322-333. 229
28. Silber, J. H., Rosenbaum, P. R., Ross, R. N., Even-Shoshan, O., Kelz, R. R., Neuman, M. D., Reinke, C. E., David, G., Saynisch, P. A., Kyle, F., Bratzler, D. W., and Fleisher, L. A. (2011b), "Medical and Financial Risks Associated with Surgery in the Elderly Obese," Annals of Surgery, to appear.229
29. Silber, J. H., Rosenbaum, P. R., Trudeau, M. E., Chen, W., Zhang, X., Lorch, S., Rapaport-Kelz, R., Mosher, R. E, and Even-Shoshan, O. (2005), "Pre-operative Antibiotics and Mortality in the Elderly," Annals of Surgery, 242, 107-114.229
30. Silber, J. H., Rosenbaum, P. R., Trudeau, M. E., Even-Shoshan, O., Chen, W., Zhang, X., and Mosher, R. E. (2001), "Multivariate Matching and Bias Reduction in the Surgical Outcomes Study," Medical Care, 39, 1048-1064.229
31. Stuart, E.A. (2010), "Matching Methods for Causal Inference," Statistical Science, 25, 1-21.231
32. Wilk, M. B., and Gnanadesikan, R. (1968), "Probability Plotting Methods for the Analysis of Data," Biometrika, 55, 1-17. 234