Propensity scores in pharmacoepidemiology: beyond the horizon

JW Jackson, I Schmid, EA Stuart - Current epidemiology reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Propensity score methods have become commonplace in
pharmacoepidemiology over the past decade. Their adoption has confronted formidable …

Association between acute kidney injury and norepinephrine use following cardiac surgery: a retrospective propensity score-weighted analysis

P Huette, MD Moussa, C Beyls, PG Guinot… - Annals of Intensive …, 2022 - Springer
Background Excess exposure to norepinephrine can compromise microcirculation and
organ function. We aimed to assess the association between norepinephrine exposure and …

Variable selection for causal mediation analysis using LASSO-based methods

Z Ye, Y Zhu, DL Coffman - Statistical methods in medical …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Causal mediation effect estimates can be obtained from marginal structural models using
inverse probability weighting with appropriate weights. In order to compute weights …

Evaluation of propensity score methods for causal inference with high-dimensional covariates

Q Gao, Y Zhang, H Sun, T Wang - Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In recent work, researchers have paid considerable attention to the estimation of causal
effects in observational studies with a large number of covariates, which makes the …

A model averaging approach for estimating propensity scores by optimizing balance

Y Xie, Y Zhu, CA Cotton, P Wu - Statistical methods in …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Many approaches, including traditional parametric modeling and machine learning
techniques, have been proposed to estimate propensity scores. This paper describes a new …

Classical regression and predictive modeling

RJ Cook, KA Lee, BWY Lo, RL Macdonald - World Neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Background With the advent of personalized and stratified medicine, there has been much
discussion about predictive modeling and the role of classical regression in modern medical …

High-dimensional generalized propensity score with application to omics data

Q Gao, Y Zhang, J Liang, H Sun… - Briefings in …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Propensity score (PS) methods are popular when estimating causal effects in non-
randomized studies. Drawing causal conclusion relies on the unconfoundedness …

Using conventional and machine learning propensity score methods to examine the effectiveness of 12-step group involvement following inpatient addiction treatment

MJ Costello, Y Li, Y Zhu, A Walji, S Sousa… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Continuing care following inpatient addiction treatment is an important
component in the continuum of clinical services. Mutual help, including 12-step groups like …

A kernel-based metric for balance assessment

Y Zhu, JS Savage, D Ghosh - Journal of causal inference, 2018 - degruyter.com
An important goal in causal inference is to achieve balance in the covariates among the
treatment groups. In this article, we introduce the concept of distributional balance …

Propensity score specification for optimal estimation of average treatment effect with binary response

JA Craycroft, J Huang, M Kong - Statistical Methods in …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Propensity score methods are commonly used in statistical analyses of observational data to
reduce the impact of confounding bias in estimations of average treatment effect. While the …