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. 2013 Sep 1;6(5):604-11.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000359. Epub 2013 Sep 10.

Propensity score methods for confounding control in nonexperimental research

M Alan Brookhart  1 , Richard Wyss, J Bradley Layton, Til Stürmer
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Propensity score methods for confounding control in nonexperimental research

M Alan Brookhart et al. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. .
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Keywords: epidemiologic methods; propensity score.

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Estimated density of the propensity scores among new users of ACE inhibitors and ARBs.
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Estimated treatment effects and 95% CIs within deciles of the estimated propensity scores
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