Propensity score analysis with a time-dependent intervention is an acceptable although not an optimal analytical approach when treatment selection bias and survivor bias coexist

J Clin Epidemiol. 2010 Feb;63(2):139-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.07.017. Epub 2009 Nov 12.

Authors

Imad M Tleyjeh¹, Hassan M K Ghomrawi, James M Steckelberg, Victor M Montori, Tanya L Hoskin, Felicity Enders, W Charles Huskins, Farouk Mookadam, Walter R Wilson, Valerie Zimmerman, Larry M Baddour

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, and Research Center, King Fahd Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. tleyjeh.imad@mayo.edu

PMID: 19913387
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.07.017

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Endocarditis / surgery
Heart Valve Diseases / surgery
Humans
Patient Selection*
Propensity Score*
Selection Bias*
Treatment Outcome