Performance of time-dependent propensity scores: A pharmacoepidemiology case study

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 98-106

  Ray, Wayne A ^a   Liu, Qi ^a   Shepherd, Bryan E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocodone; Marginal structural models; Opioids; Pharmacoepidemiology; Propensity score; Propoxyphene; Time dependent covariates

Indexed keywords

DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; HYDROCODONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TIME DEPENDENT PROPENSITY SCORE; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PROPENSITY SCORE; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920901808     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.3727     Document Type: Article

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