Performance of the marginal structural cox model for estimating individual and joined effects of treatments given in combination

Abstract Background The Marginal Structural Cox Model (Cox-MSM), an alternative approach to handle time-dependent confounder, was introduced for survival analysis and applied to estimate the joint causal effect of two time-dependent nonrandomized treatments on survival among HIV-positive subjects. N...

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Main Authors: Clovis Lusivika-Nzinga, Hana Selinger-Leneman, Sophie Grabar, Dominique Costagliola, Fabrice Carrat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-017-0434-1