Estimation of dose-response functions for longitudinal data using the generalised propensity score

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-166

  Moodie, Erica E M ^a   Stephens, David A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

causal inference; confounding; continuous dose response; generalized propensity score; longitudinal data; monitored occlusion treatment of amblyopia study; noncompliance

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PATCH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PROPENSITY SCORE;

ALGORITHMS; AMBLYOPIA; BIOSTATISTICS; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPENSITY SCORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859408004     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280209340213     Document Type: Article

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