Propensity scores: From naive enthusiasm to intuitive understanding

Elizabeth Williamson; Ruth Morley; Alan Lucas; James Carpenter

doi:10.1177/0962280210394483

Propensity scores: From naive enthusiasm to intuitive understanding

Elizabeth Williamson, Ruth Morley, Alan Lucas, James Carpenter

Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Alfred Hospital

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Abstract

Estimation of the effect of a binary exposure on an outcome in the presence of confounding is often carried out via outcome regression modelling. An alternative approach is to use propensity score methodology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	273 - 293
Number of pages	21
Journal	Statistical Methods in Medical Research
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0962280210394483
Publication status	Published - 2012

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