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A PRIMER ON PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING ESTIMATORS [PDF]
Nonparametric matching estimators are frequently applied in evaluation studies. The general idea of the methodology is to determine the impact of treatment on the treated using information from treated and from similar non-treated observations to build a
Katja Vinha
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Cutaneous Melanoma Drives Metabolic Changes in the Aged Bone Marrow Immune Microenvironment
Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, increasingly affects older adults. Our study reveals that melanoma induces changes in iron and lipid levels in the bone marrow, impacting immune cell populations and increasing susceptibility to ferroptosis.
Alexis E. Carey +12 more
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Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2020 This study aimed to identify determinants of rainwater harvesting adoption, and evaluate its impact on livelihood of smallholder farmers in Kutaber district. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed to select 196 sample households.
Zenebe Kelemewerk Mekuria +2 more
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Employment Effects of Service Offshoring: Evidence from Matched Firms [PDF]
This paper studies the e¤ects of service o¤shoring on the level and skill composition of domestic employment, using a rich data set of Italian rms and propensity score matching techniques.
Rosario Crinò
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Hospital Readmission After Traumatic Brain Injury Hospitalization in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To examine the risk of hospital readmission after an index hospitalization for TBI in older adults. Methods Using data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, we used propensity score matching of individuals with an index TBI‐related hospitalization to individuals with (1) non‐TBI hospitalizations (primary analysis)
Rachel Thomas +7 more
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ASPECTS OF THE USE OF PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING METHODS IN NEUROSURGERY
Coluna/ColumnaObjective Observational studies and register data provide researchers with ample opportunities to obtain answers to questions that randomized controlled trials cannot answer for organizational or ethical reasons. One of the most common tools for solving
ALEKSANDR V. KRUTKO +4 more
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Impact Evaluation of Raskin Program using Matching Method: Case of IFLS 5
JEJAK: Jurnal Ekonomi dan Kebijakan, 2018 Beras untuk Keluarga Miskin (RASKIN) program has been applied since 1998 and has been renamed as Beras Sejahtera (RASTRA) in early 2017, but their effectiveness is still debatable.
Endiarjati Dewandaru Sadono
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Lessons Learned From a Delayed‐Start Trial of Modafinil for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Freezing of gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) is debilitating and has limited treatments. Modafinil modulates beta/gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), like PPN deep brain stimulation. We therefore tested the hypothesis that Modafinil would improve FOG in PwPD.
Tuhin Virmani +8 more
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Propensity Score Matching Analysis for Alcohol‐Related Liver Disease
Health Science ReportsObjectives This study aims to investigate the impact of comorbidity with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) on the survival rates and incidence of liver cancer in patients with alcohol‐related liver disease (ARLD).
Fangfang Duan +5 more
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A Note on Adapting Propensity Score Matching and Selection Models to Choice Based Samples [PDF]
The probability of selection into treatment plays an important role in matching and selection models. However, this probability can often not be consistently estimated, because of choice-based sampling designs with unknown sampling weights.
Heckman, James J., Todd, Petra E.
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