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Balance Diagnostics

Balance Diagnostics is a methodological procedure used to assess the comparability of covariate distributions between treatment and control groups after applying propensity score matching, thereby ensuring that the balancing assumption required for causal inference is empirically satisfied.

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2017–2026

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An Introduction to Propensity Score Methods for Reducing the Effects of Confounding in Observational Studies

Peter C. Austin · Multivariate Behavioral Research · 2011 · 11.9K citations · Full text

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Balance diagnostics for comparing the distribution of baseline covariates between treatment groups in propensity‐score matched samples

Peter C. Austin · Statistics in Medicine · 2009 · 6.5K citations · Full text

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Methods for Constructing and Assessing Propensity Scores

Melissa M. Garrido, Amy S. Kelley, Julia Paris et al. · Health Services Research · 2014 · 886 citations · Full text

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Propensity score techniques and the assessment of measured covariate balance to test causal associations in psychological research.

Valerie S. Harder, Elizabeth A. Stuart, James C. Anthony · Psychological Methods · 2010 · 814 citations

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Prognostic score–based balance measures can be a useful diagnostic for propensity score methods in comparative effectiveness research

Elizabeth A. Stuart, Brian K. Lee, Finbarr P. Leacy · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · 2013 · 795 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. PC
    Peter C. Austin

    University of Toronto, Canada

    5 publications · 18.8K citations

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  2. AL
    Ariel Linden

    Linden Photonics (United States), United States

    3 publications · 103 citations

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  3. EA
    Elizabeth A. Stuart

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    2 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. RY
    Ruoqi Yu

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 36 citations

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  5. PR
    Paul R. Rosenbaum

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 59 citations

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Institutions

95

  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    18.9K citations

  2. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

    Toronto, Canada

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    18.8K citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    167 citations

  4. Linden Photonics (United States)

    Westford, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    103 citations

  5. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    61 citations

  7. Public Health Ontario

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    6.7K citations

  8. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    1.6K citations

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  1. Gait & Posture

    3 publications · 61 citations

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  2. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

    3 publications · 103 citations

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  3. Multivariate Behavioral Research

    MBR · 3 publications · 11.9K citations

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  4. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

    2 publications · 847 citations

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  5. Health Services Research

    HSR · 2 publications · 913 citations

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