Practical and theoretical considerations of the application of marginal structural models to estimate causal effects of treatment in HIV infection

Standard marginal structural models (MSMs) are commonly applied to estimate causal effects in the presence of time-dependent confounding; these may be extended to history-adjusted MSMs to estimate effects conditional on time-updated covariates, and dynamic MSMs to estimate e¤ects of pre-speci…ed dyn...

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Main Author: Ewings, F. M.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.625804