Near/far matching: A study design approach to instrumental variables

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 237-253

  Baiocchi, Mike ^a   Small, Dylan S ^d,e   Yang, Lin ^c   Polsky, Daniel ^c,d   Groeneveld, Peter W ^b,c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary outcomes; Comparative effectiveness; Instrumental variables; Matching; Medicare data; Study design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENT; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STUDY DESIGN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84871669938     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: 15729400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10742-012-0091-0     Document Type: Article

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