Propensite score question

Hi Beatrix,

The seminal paper on propensity scores and their use was 

Paul R. Rosenbaum and Donald B. Rubin (1983). The central role of the propensity
score in observational studies for causal effects. Biometrika 70(1):41-55

More recent references include the following. 

D. Rubin (1997). Estimating Causal Effects from Large Data Sets Using Propensity
Scores. Ann Intern Med 127: 757-763.

Ralph B. D'Agostino Jr. (1998). Propensity score methods for bias reduction in
the comparison of a treatment to a non-randomized control group. 
Statistics in Medicine 17(19): 2265 - 2281 

Keisuke Hirano, Guido W. Imbens, and Geert Ridder (2003). Efficient Estimation
of Average Treatment Effects Using the Estimated Propensity Score.
Econometrica 71(4) : 1161-1189. 

Tobias Kurth, Alexander M. Walker, Robert J. Glynn, K. Arnold Chan, J. Michael
Gaziano, Klaus Berger, and James M. Robins (2006). Results of Multivariable
Logistic Regression, Propensity Matching, Propensity Adjustment, and
Propensity-based Weighting under Conditions of Nonuniform Effect. 
American Journal of Epidemiology 163(3):262-270.

With best wishes,

          Esa

Esa L??r?
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Oulu, Finland

Quoting "Foldi, Beatrix" <foldi at bcm.tmc.edu>:

Hello All,

 

I participated in a pharmacoepi workshop recently, where they discussed the
propensity scores.

I used once in health claim analysis, but does anyone have more info on it?

Thanks in advance.

 

Beatrix Foldi

Beatrix.Foldi at uth.tmc.edu

 


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Hello All,

 

I participated in a pharmacoepi workshop recently, where they discussed the propensity scores.

I used once in health claim analysis, but does anyone have more info on it?

Thanks in advance.

 

Beatrix Foldi

Beatrix,

   Was this before SER?  If so, I also attended the afternoon session. 
It seems to me that the propensity score is more or less an 
encapsulation.  The "score" itself seemed to be the predicted 
probability adjusted for various covariates.

   Honestly, if I were to consider using this technique, it would be by 
request of a journal or regulator agency.

Regards,

Kevin

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Department of Epidemiology
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Emory University
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