High-dimensional propensity score adjustment in studies of treatment effects using health care claims data.

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Published in Epidemiology on July 01, 2009

Authors

Sebastian Schneeweiss1, Jeremy A Rassen, Robert J Glynn, Jerry Avorn, Helen Mogun, M Alan Brookhart

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. schneeweiss@post.harvard.edu

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