Using mixed integer programming for matching in an observational study of kidney failure after surgery

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 107, Issue 500, 2012, Pages 1360-1371

  Zubizarreta, José R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Covariate balance; Matched sampling; Optimal matching; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871723966     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2012.703874     Document Type: Article

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