Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 2 , Pages 139-140, February 2010

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

  • Imad M. Tleyjeh

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, and Research Center, King Fahd Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Research Center, King Fahd Medical City, PO Box 59046, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia. Tel.: +966-1-465-6666 ext. 4434.
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  • Hassan M.K. Ghomrawi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Policy, Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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  • James M. Steckelberg

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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  • Victor M. Montori

      Affiliations

    • Knowledge and Encounter Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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  • Tanya L. Hoskin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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  • Felicity Enders

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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  • W. Charles Huskins

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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  • Farouk Mookadam

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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  • Walter R. Wilson

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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  • Valerie Zimmerman

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, and Research Center, King Fahd Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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  • Larry M. Baddour

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Accepted 31 July 2009. published online 13 November 2009.

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PII: S0895-4356(09)00248-0

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.07.017

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 2 , Pages 139-140, February 2010

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