A comparison of two methods of estimating propensity scores after multiple imputation

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 188-204

  Mitra, Robin ^a   Reiter, Jerome P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Missing data; multiple imputation; observational studies; propensity score

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROPENSITY SCORE; BIOSTATISTICS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOSTATISTICS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROPENSITY SCORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84958699481     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280212445945     Document Type: Article

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