Propensity-score matching in economic analyses: Comparison with regression models, instrumental variables, residual inclusion, differences-in-differences, and decomposition methods

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-18

  Crown, William H ^a  

^a OPTUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPOSITION METHOD; DIFFERENCES IN DIFFERENCES METHOD; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDUAL INCLUSION; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPENSITY SCORE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84893533125     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11791896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40258-013-0075-4     Document Type: Article

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