Adjustment for missing confounders in studies based on observational databases: 2-stage calibration combining propensity scores from primary and validation data

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 308-317

  Lin, Hui Wen ^a   Chen, Yi Hau ^b,c  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

calibration; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; herpes zoster; missing confounders; propensity score

Indexed keywords

HERPES ZOSTER;

CALIBRATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; HERPES ZOSTER; MISSING CONFOUNDERS; PROPENSITY SCORE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CALIBRATION; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATABASES, FACTUAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; ODDS RATIO; PROPENSITY SCORE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMOKING; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84905642363     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu130     Document Type: Article

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