Using Marginal Structural Modeling to Estimate the Cumulative Impact of an Unconditional Tax Credit on Self-Rated Health

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 315-324

  Pega, Frank ^a,b   Blakely, Tony ^a   Glymour, M Maria ^b,c   Carter, Kristie N ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort studies; confounding factors; health status; income; New Zealand; parents; public policy

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; POLICY MAKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; TAX SYSTEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SELF RATED HEALTH; TAX; YOUNG ADULT; HEALTH STATUS; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

NEW ZEALAND;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; TAXES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959922114     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv211     Document Type: Article

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