Matching on provider is risky

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 8 SUPPL.8, 2013, Pages

  Walker, Alexander M ^a  

^a World Health Information Science Consultants LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Z bias Amplification bias Matching Instrumental variables Comparative effectiveness research Unmeasured confounders Pseudorandomization

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; APROTININ;

BLOOD CLOTTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMPLIFICATION BIAS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; MATCHING; PSEUDORANDOMIZATION; UNMEASURED CONFOUNDERS; Z-BIAS;

AMINOCAPROIC ACIDS; APROTININ; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEMOSTATICS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84880191784     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.02.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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