Prognostic score-based balance measures can be a useful diagnostic for propensity score methods in comparative effectiveness research

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

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

  Stuart, Elizabeth A ^a   Lee, Brian K ^b   Leacy, Finbarr P ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Confounding; Disease risk score; Matching methods; Nonexperimental study; Propensity score diagnostics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGNOSTIC SCORE; PROPENSITY SCORE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION;

EID: 84880240208     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.01.013     Document Type: Article

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