On a preference-based instrumental variable approach in reducing unmeasured confounding-by-indication

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1150-1168

  Li, Yun ^a,b   Lee, Yoonseok ^c   Wolfe, Robert A ^b   Morgenstern, Hal ^a,b   Zhang, Jinyao ^b   Port, Friedrich K ^b   Robinson, Bruce M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

bias formula; causal inference; instrumental variables; observational study; unmeasured confounders

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY;

EID: 85007099160     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.6404     Document Type: Article

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