Bias and variance trade-offs when combining propensity score weighting and regression: With an application to HIV status and homeless men

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 104-118

  Golinelli, Daniela ^a   Ridgeway, Greg ^a   Rhoades, Harmony ^b   Tucker, Joan ^a   Wenzel, Suzanne ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Double robust estimation; HIV status; Homeless men; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; VARIANCE;

EID: 84864711033     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: 15729400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10742-012-0090-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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