Doubly Robust Estimation of Optimal Dynamic Treatment Regimes

被引：16

作者：

Barrett J.K. ^{[1
]}

Henderson R. ^{[2
]}

Rosthøj S. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge

[2] School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne

[3] Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen

来源：

Statistics in Biosciences | 2014年 / 6卷 / 2期

基金：

英国医学研究理事会;

关键词：

Causal inference; Dynamic treatment regimes; G-estimation; Regret-regression;

D O I：

10.1007/s12561-013-9097-6

中图分类号：

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摘要：

We compare methods for estimating optimal dynamic decision rules from observational data, with particular focus on estimating the regret functions defined by Murphy (in J. R. Stat. Soc., Ser. B, Stat. Methodol. 65:331–355, 2003). We formulate a doubly robust version of the regret-regression approach of Almirall et al. (in Biometrics 66:131–139, 2010) and Henderson et al. (in Biometrics 66:1192–1201, 2010) and demonstrate that it is equivalent to a reduced form of Robins’ efficient g-estimation procedure (Robins, in Proceedings of the Second Symposium on Biostatistics. Springer, New York, pp. 189–326, 2004). Simulation studies suggest that while the regret-regression approach is most efficient when there is no model misspecification, in the presence of misspecification the efficient g-estimation procedure is more robust. The g-estimation method can be difficult to apply in complex circumstances, however. We illustrate the ideas and methods through an application on control of blood clotting time for patients on long term anticoagulation. © 2013, The Author(s).

引用

页码：244 / 260

页数：16

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