Propensity Score

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 30-day morbidity and mortality of sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and one anastomosis gastric bypass: a propensity score-matched analysis of the GENEVA data. 
  • A Minimally Invasive Approach to Lobectomy After Induction Therapy Does Not Compromise Survival. 
  • A National Analysis of Long-term Survival Following Thoracoscopic Versus Open Lobectomy for Stage I Non-small-cell Lung Cancer. 
  • A Propensity-matched Survival Analysis: Do Simultaneous Liver-lung Transplant Recipients Need a Liver? 
  • A comparison of health care use for physician-referred and self-referred episodes of outpatient physical therapy. 
  • A comparison of two methods of estimating propensity scores after multiple imputation 
  • A national analysis of wedge resection versus stereotactic body radiation therapy for stage IA non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • A plausible causal link between antiretroviral therapy and increased blood pressure in a sub-Saharan African setting: A propensity score-matched analysis. 
  • A psychometric evaluation of the Concise Health Risk Tracking Self-Report (CHRT-SR)- a measure of suicidality-in patients with stimulant use disorder. 
  • Ablation of atrial fibrillation during coronary artery bypass grafting: Late outcomes in a Medicare population. 
  • Addressing Extreme Propensity Scores in Estimating Counterfactual Survival Functions via the Overlap Weights. 
  • Addressing Extreme Propensity Scores via the Overlap Weights. 
  • Adherence to Enhanced Recovery Protocols in NSQIP and Association With Colectomy Outcomes. 
  • Adjuvant Corticosteroid Treatment in Adults With Influenza A (H7N9) Viral Pneumonia. 
  • Adolescent Victimization and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors: A Genetically Sensitive Cohort Study. 
  • Amiodarone use in patients listed for heart transplant is associated with increased 1-year post-transplant mortality. 
  • Antegrade versus retrograde cerebral perfusion for hemiarch replacement with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest: does it matter? A propensity-matched analysis. 
  • Antenatal methadone vs buprenorphine exposure and length of hospital stay in infants admitted to the intensive care unit with neonatal abstinence syndrome. 
  • Association Between Choice of Radical Prostatectomy, External Beam Radiotherapy, Brachytherapy, or Active Surveillance and Patient-Reported Quality of Life Among Men With Localized Prostate Cancer. 
  • Association Between Comorbidities and Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients With and Without an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator for Primary Prevention. 
  • Association Between Exposure to General Versus Regional Anesthesia and Risk of Dementia in Older Adults. 
  • Association Between Targeted HER-2 Therapy and Breast Reconstruction Outcomes: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis. 
  • Association Between Therapeutic Hypothermia and Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. 
  • Association Between Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Early Postprocedural Stroke. 
  • Association Between Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Bicuspid vs Tricuspid Aortic Stenosis and Mortality or Stroke Among Patients at Low Surgical Risk. 
  • Association Between Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Bicuspid vs Tricuspid Aortic Stenosis and Mortality or Stroke. 
  • Association between Initial Fluid Choice and Subsequent In-hospital Mortality during the Resuscitation of Adults with Septic Shock. 
  • Association between beta-blocker use and mortality/morbidity in older patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. A propensity score-matched analysis from the Swedish Heart Failure Registry. 
  • Association between early postoperative nutritional supplement utilisation and length of stay in malnourished hip fracture patients. 
  • Association between prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and survival in patients with left ventricular ejection fraction between 30% and 35%. 
  • Association between the choice of IV crystalloid and in-hospital mortality among critically ill adults with sepsis*. 
  • Association between the timing of surgery for complicated, left-sided infective endocarditis and survival. 
  • Association of Renin-Angiotensin Inhibitor Treatment With Mortality and Heart Failure Readmission in Patients With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Association of Statin Use and Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Associations between Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Proton Pump Inhibitors in the Laryngeal/Voice-Disordered Population. 
  • Bayesian Approach for Addressing Differential Covariate Measurement Error in Propensity Score Methods. 
  • Biological Subtype Predicts Risk of Locoregional Recurrence After Mastectomy and Impact of Postmastectomy Radiation in a Large National Database. 
  • Bleeding risk comparing targeted low-dose heparin with bivalirudin in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: results from a propensity score-matched analysis of the Evaluation of Drug-Eluting Stents and Ischemic Events (EVENT) registry. 
  • Breastfeeding and the child cognitive outcomes: a propensity score matching approach. 
  • Cardioversion and subsequent quality of life and natural history of atrial fibrillation. 
  • Cerebral Embolic Protection and Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Results From the Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry. 
  • Childbearing is not associated with young women's long-term obesity risk. 
  • Clinical Impact of External Laryngeal Manipulation During Laryngoscopy on Tracheal Intubation Success in Critically Ill Children. 
  • Clinical and Economic Outcomes Among Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and/or Peripheral Artery Disease. 
  • Clinical outcomes and healthcare expenditures in the real world with left ventricular assist devices - The CLEAR-LVAD study. 
  • Clinical outcomes and lung mechanics characteristics between COVID-19 and non-COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome: a propensity score analysis of two major randomized trials. 
  • Clopidogrel use and clinical events after drug-eluting stent implantation: findings from the HealthCore Integrated Research Database. 
  • Collaborative quality improvement vs public reporting for percutaneous coronary intervention: A comparison of percutaneous coronary intervention in New York vs Michigan. 
  • Commentary: With great power comes great responsibility-assessing the validity of propensity score methods. 
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Among Patients With Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation: Findings From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry's Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Registry. 
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Hybrid Coronary Revascularization vs Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. 
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators for Primary Prevention in Women. 
  • Comparative effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator versus defibrillator therapy alone: a cohort study. 
  • Comparative effectiveness of drug-eluting stents on long-term outcomes in elderly patients treated for in-stent restenosis: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Comparative effectiveness of drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents in elderly patients undergoing revascularization of chronic total coronary occlusions: results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry, 2005-2008. 
  • Comparative effectiveness of nonbiologic versus biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis. 
  • Comparative effectiveness of stereotactic radiosurgery versus whole-brain radiation therapy for patients with brain metastases from breast or non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • Comparative safety profile of chloral hydrate versus other sedatives for procedural sedation in hospitalized infants. 
  • Comparing Medical Costs and Use After Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. 
  • Comparing Propensity Score Methods for Creating Comparable Cohorts of Chiropractic Users and Nonusers in Older, Multiply Comorbid Medicare Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain. 
  • Comparison Between Adjuvant and Early-Salvage Postprostatectomy Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer With Adverse Pathological Features. 
  • Comparison of right ventricle-pulmonary artery shunt position in the Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial. 
  • Complications after Ravitch versus Nuss repair of pectus excavatum: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) General Thoracic Surgery Database analysis. 
  • Comprehensive Support for Family Caregivers of Post-9/11 Veterans Increases Veteran Utilization of Long-term Services and Supports: A Propensity Score Analysis. 
  • Concomitant tricuspid valve surgery during implantation of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons database analysis. 
  • Contraindicated medication use in dialysis patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Control for confounding in case-control studies using the stratification score, a retrospective balancing score. 
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery and Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Patients With Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of revascularization strategies: the ASCERT study. 
  • Covariate adjustment in subgroup analyses of randomized clinical trials: A propensity score approach. 
  • Cricoid Pressure During Induction for Tracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Children: A Report From National Emergency Airway Registry for Children. 
  • Demonstrating bias and improved inference for stoves' health benefits. 
  • Differences in the outcomes of anterior versus posterior interbody fusion surgery of the lumbar spine: a propensity score-controlled cohort analysis of 10,941 patients. 
  • Differential outcomes with early and late repeat transplantation in the era of the lung allocation score. 
  • Dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 inhibitors and pancreatic cancer: a cohort study. 
  • Disentangling Race and Socioeconomic Status in HealthDisparities Research: an Examination of Black and White Clergy. 
  • Do Veterans Health Administration Enrollees Generalize to Other Populations? 
  • Does Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Posterior Instrumentation Reduce Risk of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery? A Propensity-Matched Cohort Analysis. 
  • Does moderate hypothermia really carry less bleeding risk than deep hypothermia for circulatory arrest? A propensity-matched comparison in hemiarch replacement. 
  • Does surgery improve outcomes for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma? An analysis using the surveillance epidemiology and end results registry from 1998 to 2008. 
  • Does the probability of DWI arrest fall following participation in DWI and hybrid drug treatment court programs? 
  • Double-Dose Versus Standard-Dose Clopidogrel According to Smoking Status Among Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. 
  • Doubly robust estimation of causal effects. 
  • Early but not late convalescent plasma is associated with better survival in moderate-to-severe COVID-19. 
  • Economic outcomes with prasugrel versus clopidogrel in acute coronary syndrome patients: observations from prasugrel users and matched clopidogrel users. 
  • Effect of Prone Positional Apparatus on the Occurrence of Acute Kidney Injury After Spine Surgery. 
  • Effect of recent seasonal influenza vaccination on serum antibody responses to candidate pandemic influenza A/H5N1 vaccines: A meta-analysis. 
  • Effect on Mortality of Higher Versus Lower β-Blocker (Metoprolol Succinate or Carvedilol) Dose in Patients With Heart Failure. 
  • Effective Prevention of Proximal Junctional Failure in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Requires a Combination of Surgical Implant Prophylaxis and Avoidance of Sagittal Alignment Overcorrection. 
  • Effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in survivors of inhospital cardiac arrest. 
  • Effects of a Rural Family Drug Treatment Court Collaborative on Child Welfare Outcomes: Comparison Using Propensity Score Analysis. 
  • Effects of admission and treatment strategies of DWI courts on offender outcomes. 
  • Effects of aggregation of drug and diagnostic codes on the performance of the high-dimensional propensity score algorithm: an empirical example. 
  • Elevated HbA1c in donor organs from patients without a diagnosis of diabetes portends worse liver allograft survival. 
  • Equivalent Survival Between Lobectomy and Segmentectomy for Clinical Stage IA Lung Cancer. 
  • Estimating propensity scores with missing covariate data using general location mixture models. 
  • Estimating the Impact of Extended Delay to Surgery for Stage I Non-small-cell Lung Cancer on Survival. 
  • Evaluating the causal effects of cellphone distraction on crash risk using propensity score methods. 
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of a rapidly adopted cardiovascular technology with administrative data: the case of drug-eluting stents for acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Evaluation of a Pharmacist-Led Penicillin Allergy Assessment Program and Allergy Delabeling in a Tertiary Care Hospital. 
  • Evaluation of the Use of Cancer Registry Data for Comparative Effectiveness Research. 
  • Examination of the treatment selection process in a multicenter observational study. 
  • Expectations and outcomes in geriatric patients with do-not-resuscitate orders undergoing emergency surgical management of bowel obstruction. 
  • Factors Influencing Graft Choice in Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the MARS Group. 
  • Factors affecting selection of operative approach and subsequent short-term outcomes after anatomic resection for lung cancer. 
  • Failure-to-pursue rescue: explaining excess mortality in elderly emergency general surgical patients with preexisting "do-not-resuscitate" orders. 
  • Fewer complications result from a video-assisted approach to anatomic resection of clinical stage I lung cancer. 
  • Fibromyalgia Increases the Risk of Surgical Complications Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Nationwide Database Study. 
  • Gangrenous cholecystitis: a contemporary review. 
  • Gender differential effect of college on political orientation over the last 40 years in the U.S.-A propensity score weighting approach. 
  • Health expenditures among high-risk patients after gastric bypass and matched controls. 
  • Healthcare utilization and costs associated with dabigatran compared to warfarin treatment in newly diagnosed patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. 
  • Heart Transplantation Survival and the Use of Traumatically Brain-Injured Donors: UNOS Registry Propensity-Matched Analysis. 
  • Hemiarch replacement at 28°C: an analysis of mild and moderate hypothermia in 500 patients. 
  • Hepatic and pancreatic resection in patients with end-stage renal disease: a propensity analysis. 
  • High rate of positive lymph nodes in T1a gallbladder cancer does not translate to decreased survival: a population-based, propensity score adjusted analysis. 
  • Higher persistence in newly diagnosed nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients treated with dabigatran versus warfarin. 
  • Iatrogenic gastric acid suppression and the risk of nosocomial Clostridium difficile infection. 
  • Impact of Contrast Echocardiography on Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients. 
  • Impact of High Body Mass Index on Vascular and Bleeding Complications After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. 
  • Impact of Immunosuppressive Agents on Clinical Manifestations and Outcome of Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis in 2 Large, Prospectively Evaluated Cohorts. 
  • Impact of Medicaid expansion on women with gynecologic cancer: a difference-in-difference analysis. 
  • Impact of T status and N status on perioperative outcomes after thoracoscopic lobectomy for lung cancer. 
  • Impact of neutropenia on clinical manifestations and outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: a propensity score-based overlap weight analysis in two large, prospectively evaluated cohorts. 
  • Impacts of Workplace Health Promotion and Wellness Programs on Health Care Utilization and Costs: Results From an Academic Workplace. 
  • Impairment of activities of daily living and incident heart failure in community-dwelling older adults. 
  • Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Have Stood the Test of Time! 
  • Implications of blood group on lung transplantation rates: A propensity-matched registry analysis. 
  • In-hospital and 1-year mortality in patients undergoing early surgery for prosthetic valve endocarditis. 
  • Incidence of opioid-managed pelvic pain after hysteroscopic sterilization versus laparoscopic sterilization, US 2005-2012. 
  • Induction chemoradiation therapy prior to esophagectomy is associated with superior long-term survival for esophageal cancer. 
  • Induction chemotherapy for T3N0M0 non-small-cell lung cancer increases the rate of complete resection but does not confer improved survival. 
  • Intensity-modulated radiation therapy, proton therapy, or conformal radiation therapy and morbidity and disease control in localized prostate cancer. 
  • Intraoperative use of low-dose recombinant activated factor VII during thoracic aortic operations. 
  • Investigating patterns of neural response associated with childhood abuse v. childhood neglect. 
  • K-Sample comparisons using propensity analysis. 
  • Laparoscopic Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Opportunities, the Challenges, and the Limitations. 
  • Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair with primary fascial closure versus bridged repair: a risk-adjusted comparative study. 
  • Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Silzone Era St. Jude Medical Mechanical Heart Valves. 
  • Long-term Survival After Surgery Compared With Concurrent Chemoradiation for Node-negative Small Cell Lung Cancer. 
  • Long-term risk of hepatocellular carcinoma mortality in 23220 hospitalized patients treated with micafungin or other parenteral antifungals. 
  • Long-term survival following open versus thoracoscopic lobectomy after preoperative chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • Longer term effects of total knee arthroplasty from a national longitudinal study. 
  • Loop Diuretic Use and Outcomes in Chronic Stable Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction-Reply. 
  • Lower Satisfaction After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery in Japan Than in the United States Despite Similar SRS-22 Pain and Function Scores: A Propensity-Score Matched Analysis. 
  • Magnetic Liver Retraction Decreases Postoperative Pain and Length of Stay in Bariatric Surgery Compared to Nathanson Device. 
  • Management and outcomes of patients presenting with STEMI by use of chronic oral anticoagulation: results from the GRACE registry. 
  • Matching with time-dependent treatments: A review and look forward. 
  • Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonism in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Findings From the ORBIT-AF (Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation) Registry. 
  • Minimally Invasive Lung Cancer Surgery Performed by Thoracic Surgeons as Effective as Thoracotomy. 
  • Minimally invasive gastrectomy for gastric cancer: A national perspective on oncologic outcomes and overall survival. 
  • Minithoracotomy versus sternotomy for mitral surgery in patients with chronic renal impairment: a propensity-matched study. 
  • Morphine vs Methadone Treatment for Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. 
  • Mortality Trends After a Voluntary Checklist-based Surgical Safety Collaborative. 
  • Multicenter Registry Using Propensity Score Analysis to Compare a Novel Transport/Preservation System to Traditional Means on Postoperative Hospital Outcomes and Costs for Heart Transplant Patients. 
  • No difference in postoperative complications, pain, and functional outcomes up to 2 years after incidental durotomy in lumbar spinal fusion: a prospective, multi-institutional, propensity-matched analysis of 1,741 patients. 
  • Non-culprit coronary artery percutaneous coronary intervention during acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: insights from the APEX-AMI trial. 
  • Nonoperative Management Is as Effective as Immediate Splenectomy for Adult Patients with High-Grade Blunt Splenic Injury. 
  • Observational Research Using Propensity Scores. 
  • Operative Management of Adult Spinal Deformity Results in Significant Increases in QALYs Gained Compared to Nonoperative Management: Analysis of 479 Patients With Minimum 2-Year Follow-Up. 
  • Outcomes 1 Year After Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Lead Abandonment Versus Explantation for Unused or Malfunctioning Leads: A Report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Outcomes of Lymph Node Dissection for Non-metastatic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Propensity Score-Weighted Analysis of the National Cancer Database. 
  • Outcomes of Operative and Nonoperative Treatment for Adult Spinal Deformity: A Prospective, Multicenter, Propensity-Matched Cohort Assessment With Minimum 2-Year Follow-up. 
  • Overlap Weighting: A Propensity Score Method That Mimics Attributes of a Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • PROVIDE-HF primary results: Patient-Reported Outcomes inVestigation following Initiation of Drug therapy with Entresto (sacubitril/valsartan) in heart failure. 
  • Pancreatic Head Resection Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Operative Considerations and Outcomes. 
  • Patterns of amiodarone use and outcomes in clinical practice for atrial fibrillation. 
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention for older adults who present with syncope and coronary artery disease? Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with stable coronary artery disease and left ventricular systolic dysfunction: insights from the VA CART program. 
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes in patients with stable coronary disease and left ventricular systolic dysfunction. 
  • Percutaneous coronary interventions and cardiovascular outcomes for patients with chronic total occlusions. 
  • Performance of propensity score methods when comparison groups originate from different data sources. 
  • Perioperative Fresh Red Blood Cell Transfusion May Negatively Affect Recipient Survival After Liver Transplantation. 
  • Perioperative Outcomes and Survival After Preoperative Immunotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. 
  • Pharmacologic prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism and 30-day outcomes among older patients hospitalized with heart failure: an analysis from the ADHERE national registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Polygenic Score for β-Blocker Survival Benefit in European Ancestry Patients With Reduced Ejection Fraction Heart Failure. 
  • Postnatal Cytomegalovirus Infection and the Risk for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. 
  • Precatheterization Use of P2Y12 Inhibitors in Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Undergoing Early Cardiac Catheterization and In-Hospital Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry®. 
  • Predictors of adequate lymph node dissection in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy and effect on survival. 
  • Preoperative Evaluation Clinic Visit Is Associated with Decreased Risk of In-hospital Postoperative Mortality. 
  • Preoperative or postoperative radiotherapy versus surgery alone for retroperitoneal sarcoma: a case-control, propensity score-matched analysis of a nationwide clinical oncology database. 
  • Preoperative β-blocker use in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: national database analysis. 
  • Primary Targeted Muscle Reinnervation after Below-Knee Amputation Is Not Associated with an Increased Risk of Major or Minor Surgical Complications: A Multi-Institutional, Propensity Score-Matched Analysis. 
  • Primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillators in end-stage kidney disease patients on dialysis: a matched cohort study. 
  • Primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and survival in older women. 
  • Prognostic implications of procedural vs spontaneous myocardial infarction: results from the Evaluation of Drug Eluting Stents and Ischemic Events (EVENT) registry. 
  • Propensity Score Methods in Nursing Research: Take Advantage of Them but Proceed With Caution. 
  • Propensity Score-Based Estimators With Multiple Error-Prone Covariates. 
  • Propensity Score-Matched Comparison of Partial to Whole-Gland Cryotherapy for Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer: An Analysis of the Cryo On-Line Data Registry Data. 
  • Propensity score estimation: neural networks, support vector machines, decision trees (CART), and meta-classifiers as alternatives to logistic regression. 
  • Propensity score interval matching: using bootstrap confidence intervals for accommodating estimation errors of propensity scores. 
  • Propensity score weighting for causal subgroup analysis. 
  • Propensity score weighting for covariate adjustment in randomized clinical trials. 
  • Propensity score weighting under limited overlap and model misspecification. 
  • Propensity score weighting with multilevel data. 
  • Propensity-matched comparisons of clinical outcomes after transapical or transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a placement of aortic transcatheter valves (PARTNER)-I trial substudy. 
  • Proton-pump inhibitor use is not associated with severe COVID-19-related outcomes: a propensity score-weighted analysis of a national veteran cohort. 
  • Quantifying the safety benefits of wedge resection: a society of thoracic surgery database propensity-matched analysis. 
  • Racial differences in mortality among patients with acute ischemic stroke: an observational study. 
  • Radial versus femoral access, bleeding and ischemic events in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome managed with an invasive strategy. 
  • Rationale and design of the East-West late lumen loss study: Comparison of late lumen loss between Eastern and Western drug-eluting stent study cohorts. 
  • Re-Treatment after Ureteroscopy and Shock Wave Lithotripsy: A Population Based Comparative Effectiveness Study. 
  • Real world effectiveness of warfarin among ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation: observational analysis from Patient-Centered Research into Outcomes Stroke Patients Prefer and Effectiveness Research (PROSPER) study. 
  • Reconciling oil palm expansion and climate change mitigation in Kalimantan, Indonesia. 
  • Relationship between galectin-3 levels and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist use in heart failure: analysis from HF-ACTION. 
  • Reporting and Guidelines in Propensity Score Analysis: A Systematic Review of Cancer and Cancer Surgical Studies. 
  • Right Minithoracotomy Versus Median Sternotomy for Mitral Valve Surgery: A Propensity Matched Study. 
  • Right-Sided Versus Left-Sided Pneumonectomy After Induction Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. 
  • Risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) acquisition during ambulance transport: A retrospective propensity-score-matched cohort analysis. 
  • Robotic Mitral Valve Repair in Older Individuals: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database. 
  • Robotic versus port-access mitral repair: A propensity score analysis. 
  • Safety and efficacy of drug-eluting stents in older patients with chronic kidney disease: a report from the linked CathPCI Registry-CMS claims database. 
  • Safety and efficacy outcomes of left atrial posterior wall isolation compared to pulmonary vein isolation and pulmonary vein isolation with linear ablation for the treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation. 
  • Safety of Moderate Hypothermia With Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion in Total Aortic Arch Replacement. 
  • Safety of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor use prior to coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Same-day discharge among patients undergoing elective PCI: Insights from the VA CART Program. 
  • Score-based adjustment for confounding by population stratification in genetic association studies. 
  • Selective survival advantage associated with primary tumor resection for metastatic gastric cancer in a Western population. 
  • Serum Calcification Propensity and Coronary Artery Calcification Among Patients With CKD: The CRIC (Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort) Study. 
  • Sex-Related Differences in Use and Outcomes of Left Ventricular Assist Devices as Bridge to Transplantation. 
  • Simultaneous diaphragm and liver resection: a propensity-matched analysis of postoperative morbidity. 
  • Simultaneous record linkage and causal inference with propensity score subclassification. 
  • Statins and atherosclerotic cardiovascular outcomes in patients on incident dialysis and with atherosclerotic heart disease. 
  • Subclavian/Axillary Access for Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Renders Equivalent Outcomes as Transfemoral. 
  • Subgroup balancing propensity score. 
  • Surgery Versus Optimal Medical Management for N1 Small Cell Lung Cancer. 
  • Surgery for spinal stenosis: long-term reoperation rates, health care cost, and impact of instrumentation. 
  • Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation trends and outcomes in North America. 
  • Surgical trainee participation during infrainguinal bypass grafting procedures is associated with increased early postoperative graft failure. 
  • Surgical versus percutaneous coronary revascularization for multivessel disease in diabetic patients with non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndrome: analysis from the Acute Catheterization and Early Intervention Triage Strategy trial. 
  • Surveillance of Sentinel Node-Positive Melanoma Patients with Reasons for Exclusion from MSLT-II: Multi-Institutional Propensity Score Matched Analysis. 
  • Survival in Women Versus Men Following Implantation of Pacemakers, Defibrillators, and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices in a Large, Nationwide Cohort. 
  • Survival in the elderly after pneumonectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: a comparison with nonoperative management. 
  • Survival of patients receiving a primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in clinical practice vs clinical trials. 
  • Tailoring Bariatric Surgery: Sleeve Gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch. 
  • The Association Between Use of Chiropractic Care and Costs of Care Among Older Medicare Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain and Multiple Comorbidities. 
  • The Association of Nicotine Replacement Therapy With Outcomes Among Smokers Hospitalized for a Major Surgical Procedure. 
  • The East-West late lumen loss study: Comparison of angiographic late lumen loss between Eastern and Western drug-eluting stent study cohorts. 
  • The Effect of Support and Training for Family Members on Access to Outpatient Services for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). 
  • The Effect of WIC on the Health of Newborns 
  • The Effects of Two Workplace Weight Management Programs and Weight Loss on Health Care Utilization and Costs. 
  • The Evolution of Breast Satisfaction and Well-Being after Breast Cancer: A Propensity-Matched Comparison to the Norm. 
  • The Impact of Autologous Breast Reconstruction on Body Mass Index Patterns in Breast Cancer Patients: A Propensity-Matched Analysis. 
  • The Impact of Postoperative Intensive Care Unit Admission on Postoperative Hospital Length of Stay and Costs: A Prespecified Propensity-Matched Cohort Study. 
  • The Influence of Fat Grafting on Breast Imaging after Postmastectomy Reconstruction: A Matched Cohort Analysis. 
  • The Michigan Surgical Home and Optimization Program is a scalable model to improve care and reduce costs. 
  • The Prognosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Sorafenib in Combination with TACE. 
  • The Role of Adjuvant Therapy in Patients With Margin-Positive (R1) Esophagectomy: A National Analysis. 
  • The Role of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Resectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma-An Institutional and National Analysis. 
  • The clinical impact of global coronal malalignment is underestimated in adult patients with thoracolumbar scoliosis. 
  • The effects of cancer and racial disparities in health-related quality of life among older Americans: a case-control, population-based study. 
  • The effects of participation level on recidivism: a study of drug treatment courts using propensity score matching. 
  • The effects of total knee arthroplasty on physical functioning and health among the under age 65 population. 
  • The impact of functional dependency on outcomes after complex general and vascular surgery. 
  • The impact of intraoperative shunting on early neurologic outcomes after carotid endarterectomy. 
  • The impact of laparoscopic versus open approach on reoperation rate after segmental colectomy: a propensity analysis. 
  • The influence of abdominal visceral fat on inflammatory pathways and mortality risk in obstructive lung disease. 
  • The influence of oral statin medications on progression of glaucomatous visual field loss: A propensity score analysis. 
  • The preventive surgical site infection bundle in colorectal surgery: an effective approach to surgical site infection reduction and health care cost savings. 
  • The role of thoracoscopic pneumonectomy in the management of non-small cell lung cancer: A multicenter study. 
  • Thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with acceptable morbidity and mortality in patients with predicted postoperative forced expiratory volume in 1 second or diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide less than 40% of normal. 
  • Thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with lower morbidity than open lobectomy: a propensity-matched analysis from the STS database. 
  • Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Is Associated With Increased Cardiac Mortality in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Insights From the PARTNER I Trial. 
  • Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Propensity-Matched Comparison. 
  • Transradial Versus Transfemoral Access in Patients Undergoing Rescue Percutaneous Coronary Intervention After Fibrinolytic Therapy. 
  • Traveling to a High-volume Center is Associated With Improved Survival for Patients With Esophageal Cancer. 
  • Treatment with neuromuscular blocking agents and the risk of in-hospital mortality among mechanically ventilated patients with severe sepsis. 
  • Trends and outcomes of simultaneous versus staged resection of synchronous colorectal cancer and colorectal liver metastases. 
  • Trends in health care resource use and expenditures in patients with newly diagnosed paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in the United States. 
  • Two-year trends in colorectal cancer screening after switch to a high-deductible health plan. 
  • Use and Interpretation of Propensity Scores in Aging Research: A Guide for Clinical Researchers. 
  • Use and Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Lobectomy for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the National Cancer Data Base. 
  • Use of Adjuncts Reduces Cardiopulmonary Bypass Time During Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Use of lung allografts from brain-dead donors after cardiopulmonary arrest and resuscitation. 
  • Using Propensity Score Methods to Create Target Populations in Observational Clinical Research. 
  • VATS lobectomy has better perioperative outcomes than open lobectomy: CALGB 31001, an ancillary analysis of CALGB 140202 (Alliance). 
  • Validated Risk Score for Predicting 6-Month Mortality in Infective Endocarditis. 
  • Value of Propensity Score Matching to Study Surgical Outcomes. 
  • Weight loss after bariatric surgery: a propensity score analysis. 
  • β-Blocker use and clinical outcomes in stable outpatients with and without coronary artery disease. 
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  • Curtis, Lesley H., Professor in Population Health Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • Li, Fan, Professor of Statistical Science, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology
  • Patel, Uptal Dinesh, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology