Using post-outcome measurement information in censoring-by-death problems

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 299-318

  Yang, Fan ^a   Small, Dylan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Censoring by death; Instrumental variable; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926612026     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssb.12113     Document Type: Article

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