Indications for propensity scores and review of their use in pharmacoepidemiology

RJ Glynn, S Schneeweiss… - Basic & clinical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Use of propensity scores to identify and control for confounding in observational studies that
relate medications to outcomes has increased substantially in recent years. However, it …

Beyond randomized controlled trials: a critical comparison of trials with nonrandomized studies

HT Sørensen, TL Lash, KJ Rothman - Hepatology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Observational analogs of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are well accepted in the study of
disease risk factors, diagnosis, and prognosis. There is controversy about observational …

Variable selection for propensity score models

MA Brookhart, S Schneeweiss… - American journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Despite the growing popularity of propensity score (PS) methods in epidemiology, relatively
little has been written in the epidemiologic literature about the problem of variable selection …

Treating older men with prostate cancer: survival (or selection) of the fittest?

MS Litwin, DC Miller - JAMA, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
RECENT DECLINES IN CAUSE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY RATES among men with prostate
cancer suggest that early diagnosis and treatment for localized tumors may improve survival …