Using Effect Scores to Characterize Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects
Guanbo Wang, Patrick J. Heagerty, Issa J Dahabreh
Abstract
This JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods article explains effect score analyses, an approach for evaluating the heterogeneity of treatment effects, and examines its use in a study of oxygen-saturation targets in critically ill patients.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCritically illIntensive care medicineTreatment effectStatisticsTraditional medicineMathematicsSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentHemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyAdvanced Causal Inference Techniques