Magnitude and direction of missing confounders had different consequences on treatment effect estimation in propensity score analysis

Propensity score (PS) analysis allows an unbiased estimate of treatment effects but assumes that all confounders are measured. We assessed the impact of omitting confounders from a PS analysis on clinical decision making.

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Autor*in:

Nguyen, Tri-Long [verfasserIn]

Collins, Gary S.

Spence, Jessica

Fontaine, Charles

Daurès, Jean-Pierre

Devereaux, Philip J.

Landais, Paul

Le Manach, Yannick

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2017

Schlagwörter:

Causal inference

Observational study

Propensity score

Confounding bias

Simulation

Unmeasured confounders

Umfang:

11

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Influence of external loads on structure and photoactuation in densely crosslinked azo-incorporated liquid crystalline polymers - Li, Chenzhe ELSEVIER, 2017transfer abstract, including pharmacoepidemiology reports, Amsterdam [u.a.]

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:87 ; year:2017 ; pages:87-97 ; extent:11

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DOI / URN:

10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.04.001

Katalog-ID:

ELV035997419

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