Open AccessPrimer on Statistical Interpretation or Methods Report Card on Propensity-Score Matching in the Cardiology Literature From 2004 to 2006
Author(s) -
Peter C. Austin
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular quality and outcomes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.692
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1941-7705
pISSN - 1941-7713
DOI - 10.1161/circoutcomes.108.790634
Subject(s) - propensity score matching , matching (statistics) , medicine , covariate , cardiology , statistics , mathematics , pathology
Propensity-score matching is frequently used in the cardiology literature. Recent systematic reviews have found that this method is, in general, poorly implemented in the medical literature. The study objective was to examine the quality of the implementation of propensity-score matching in the general cardiology literature.
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