Mechanisms and mediation in survival analysis: towards an integrated analytical framework

Mechanisms and mediation in survival analysis: towards an integrated analytical framework

Abstract Background A wide-ranging debate has taken place in recent years on mediation analysis and causal modelling, raising profound theoretical, philosophical and methodological questions. The authors build on the results of these discussions to work towards an integrated approach to the analysis...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Pratschke, Trutz Haase, Harry Comber, Linda Sharp, Marianna de Camargo Cancela, Howard Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Causal modelling
Mediation analysis
Social inequalities
Discrete-time survival model
Structural equation modelling
Deprivation index
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-016-0130-6

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