Check out these reminders about propensity scores that I wrote about with Lauren Strand, Joseph Delaney, and Anirban Basu for the latest issue of Value & Oucomes Spotlight.
https://www.ispor.org/methodology_propensity_scores.pdf
Reference: Strand L, Adamson B, Delaney J, Basu A. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Reminders About Propensity Scores. Value & Outcomes Spotlight. 2017 Nov;3(5):21-22.
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