Glossary Term

PS

Propensity Score (PS) is a statistical measure representing the probability of receiving a treatment given observed characteristics, used to reduce confounding in observational studies.

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Related terms
IPTW DiD ATE
Further reading
Wikipedia: Propensity Score Matching Stuart et al. 2015 Browse the HEOR resource database

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