Clinical Trial Emulation by Matching Time-dependent Propensity Scores: The Example of Estimating Impact of Kidney Transplantation

Conclusions: Our study has estimated the life expectancy gain due to kidney transplantation. It confirms transplantation as the best treatment for end-stage renal disease. Furthermore, we demonstrated that this simple method should also be considered for estimating marginal effects of time-dependent exposures.
Source: Epidemiology - Category: Epidemiology Tags: Original Article Source Type: research