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ArticleNeurology2021

Applying Propensity Score Methods in Clinical Research in Neurology.

Peter C Austin, Amy Ying Xin Yu, Manav V Vyas, Moira K Kapral

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Article in Neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

73 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Peter C AustinFrom ICES (P.C.A., A.Y.X.Y., M.V.V., M.K.K.), Toronto; Institute of Health Management, Policy and Evaluation (P.C.A., M.K.K.) and Divisions of Neurology (A.Y.X.Y., M.V.V.) and General Internal Medicine (M.K.K.), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; and Sunnybrook Research Institute (P.C.A.), Toronto, Canada. peter.austin@ices.on.ca.
Amy Ying Xin YuFrom ICES (P.C.A., A.Y.X.Y., M.V.V., M.K.K.), Toronto; Institute of Health Management, Policy and Evaluation (P.C.A., M.K.K.) and Divisions of Neurology (A.Y.X.Y., M.V.V.) and General Internal Medicine (M.K.K.), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; and Sunnybrook Research Institute (P.C.A.), Toronto, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7276-9551
Manav V VyasFrom ICES (P.C.A., A.Y.X.Y., M.V.V., M.K.K.), Toronto; Institute of Health Management, Policy and Evaluation (P.C.A., M.K.K.) and Divisions of Neurology (A.Y.X.Y., M.V.V.) and General Internal Medicine (M.K.K.), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; and Sunnybrook Research Institute (P.C.A.), Toronto, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2953-2540
Moira K KapralFrom ICES (P.C.A., A.Y.X.Y., M.V.V., M.K.K.), Toronto; Institute of Health Management, Policy and Evaluation (P.C.A., M.K.K.) and Divisions of Neurology (A.Y.X.Y., M.V.V.) and General Internal Medicine (M.K.K.), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; and Sunnybrook Research Institute (P.C.A.), Toronto, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3444-9928

Funding

CIHR PJT 166161
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Propensity score-based analysis is increasingly being used in observational studies to estimate the effects of treatments, interventions, and exposures. We introduce the concept of the propensity score and how it can be used in observational research. We describe 4 different ways of using the propensity score: matching on the propensity score, inverse probability of treatment weighting using the propensity score, stratification on the propensity score, and covariate adjustment on the propensity score (with a focus on the first 2). We provide recommendations for the use and reporting of propensity score methods for the conduct of observational studies in neurologic research.

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NeurologyHumansMonte Carlo MethodPropensity Score

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PMID34504033
PMCPMC8610625

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