Matching Methods for Obtaining Survival Functions to Estimate the Effect of a Time-Dependent Treatment

Statistics in Biosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-126

  Li, Yun ^a   Schaubel, Douglas E ^a   He, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Matching; Observational study; Propensity score; Survival function; Time dependent treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHRONOTHERAPY; DIALYSIS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROPENSITY SCORE; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 84899925810     PISSN: 18671764     EISSN: 18671772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12561-013-9085-x     Document Type: Article

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