Caution should be used in applying propensity scores estimated in a full cohort to adjust for confounding in subgroup analyses: Commentary on "Applying propensity scores estimated in a full cohort to adjust for confounding in subgroup analyses"

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 710-712

  Marcus, Sue M ^a   Gibbons, Robert D ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Propensity score; Subgroup

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONVULSION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOTE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 84863553791     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.3202     Document Type: Note

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