Propensity Scores: Uses and Limitations

PM and R

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 693-697

  Sainani, Kristin L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CALCULATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; ROSS PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROPENSITY SCORE;

EID: 84866278498     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2012.07.002     Document Type: Editorial

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