Estimating Propensity Scores and Causal Survival Functions Using Prevalent Survival Data

Biometrics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 707-716

  Cheng, Yu Jen ^a   Wang, Mei Cheng ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Prevalent sampling; Propensity scores

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PROBLEMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; COVARIATES; FAILURE TIME; INTERCEPT TERMS; PREVALENT SAMPLING; PROPENSITY SCORE; SEMIPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL DATA; SURVIVAL FUNCTION;

HEALTH INSURANCE;

CANCER; DATA SET; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; WOMENS HEALTH;

EID: 84866763792     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2012.01754.x     Document Type: Article

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