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An Introduction to Propensity Score Methods for Reducing the Effects of Confounding in Observational Studies

The propensity score is the probability of treatment assignment conditional on observed baseline characteristics. The propensity score allows one to design and analyze an observational (nonrandomized) study so that it mimics some of the particular characteristics of a randomized controlled trial. In...

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Autor principal: Austin, Peter C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21818162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00273171.2011.568786