Instrumental variable analyses: Exploiting natural randomness to understand causal mechanisms

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 255-260

  Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a,b   Kennedy, Edward H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Center for Clinical Management Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal analysis; Demystifying data; Instrumental variable analysis; Observational data; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); READING;

EID: 84880901411     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201303-054FR     Document Type: Article

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