Propensity scores in the presence of effect modification: A case study using the comparison of mortality on hemodialysis versus peritoneal dialysis

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology - Tập 7 Số 1 - 2010
Ylian S. Liem1, John B. Wong2, MG Myriam Hunink1, Frank de Charro3, Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer4
1Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology (ART Program), Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and the Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, Rotterdam, 3015 GE, the Netherlands
2Division of Clinical Decision Making, Informatics and Telemedicine, Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 800 Washington Street, #302, Boston, MA, 02111, USA
3Dutch End Stage Renal Disease Registry RENINE, 2304, Leiden, 2301 CH, The Netherlands
4Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 780 Welch Road, Suite 106, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA

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