Benchmarking Observational Analyses Against Randomized Trials: a Review of Studies Assessing Propensity Score Methods

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[6] Horwitz RI(2001)Comparison of evidence of treatment effects in randomized and nonrandomized studies JAMA 286 821-30

[7] Benson K(2003)Evaluating non-randomised intervention studies Health Technol Assess 7 1-173

[8] Hartz AJ(2007)Randomisation to protect against selection bias in healthcare trials Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2 MR000012-24

[9] MacLehose RR(2014)Healthcare outcomes assessed with observational study designs compared with those assessed in randomized trials Cochrane Database Syst Rev 4 MR000034-901

[10] Reeves BC(2002)Statistical methods for assessing the influence of study characteristics on treatment effects in ‘meta-epidemiological’ research Stat Med 21 1513-9

[1] Dahabreh IJ(2018)Randomization, randomized trials, and analyses using observational data: A commentary on Deaton and Cartwright Soc Sci Med 210 41-44

[2] Hernan MA(2016)Using Big Data to Emulate a Target Trial When a Randomized Trial Is Not Available Am J Epidemiol 183 758-64

[3] Robins JM(2000)Randomized, controlled trials, observational studies, and the hierarchy of research designs N Engl J Med 342 1887-92

[4] Concato J(2000)A comparison of observational studies and randomized, controlled trials N Engl J Med 342 1878-86

[5] Shah N(2000)A systematic review of comparisons of effect sizes derived from randomised and non-randomised studies Health Technol Assess 4 1-154

[6] Horwitz RI(2001)Comparison of evidence of treatment effects in randomized and nonrandomized studies JAMA 286 821-30

[7] Benson K(2003)Evaluating non-randomised intervention studies Health Technol Assess 7 1-173

[8] Hartz AJ(2007)Randomisation to protect against selection bias in healthcare trials Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2 MR000012-24

[9] MacLehose RR(2014)Healthcare outcomes assessed with observational study designs compared with those assessed in randomized trials Cochrane Database Syst Rev 4 MR000034-901

[10] Reeves BC(2002)Statistical methods for assessing the influence of study characteristics on treatment effects in ‘meta-epidemiological’ research Stat Med 21 1513-9