Squeezing the balloon: Propensity scores and unmeasured covariate balance

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1487-1507

  Brooks, John M ^a   Ohsfeldt, Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

assumptions; binning; covariate balance; matching; Propensity scores; simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; PATIENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROBABILITY; PROPENSITY SCORE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SIMULATION;

ASSUMPTIONS; BINNING; COVARIATE BALANCE; MATCHING; PROPENSITY SCORES; SIMULATION;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPENSITY SCORE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84879839205     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12020     Document Type: Article

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