Variance estimation when using inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) with survival analysis

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 30, 2016, Pages 5642-5655

  Austin, Peter C ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW); Monte Carlo simulations; observational study; propensity score; survival analysis; variance estimation

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; INVERSE PROBABILITY OF TREATMENT WEIGHTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PROBABILITY; PROPENSITY SCORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SURVIVAL; VARIANCE; HUMAN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84983542295     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.7084     Document Type: Article

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