Understanding differences between what alternate propensity score methods estimate.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Many approaches to propensity score methods are used in the applied health economics and outcomes research literature. Often this creates confusion when different approaches produce different results for the same data. OBJECTIVE: To present a conceptual overview based on a potential outcomes framework to demonstrate how more than 1 mean treatment effect parameter can be estimated using the propensity score methods and how the selection of appropriate methods should align with the scientific questions. METHODS: We highlight that more than 1 mean treatment effect parameter can be estimated using the propensity score methods. Using the potential outcomes framework and alternate data-generating processes, we discuss under what assumptions different mean treatme

SUBMITTER: Basu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10387984 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature