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M. Kormos

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Chapter 1 (Caliper Matching): Caliper matching is used to estimate causal effects of a binary treatment from observational data by comparing matched treated and control units. Units are matched when their propensity scores, the conditional probability of receiving treatment given ...
We study causal inference in randomized experiments (or quasi-experiments) following a 2 x 2 factorial design. There are two treatments, denoted A and B, and units are randomly assigned to one of four categories: treatment A alone, treatment B alone, joint treatment, or none. All ...
Importance: Hip fractures in older adults are serious injuries that result in disability, higher rates of illness and death, and a substantial strain on health care resources. High-quality evidence to improve hip fracture care regarding the surgical approach of hemiarthroplasty i ...

Posterolateral or direct lateral approach for cemented hemiarthroplasty after femoral neck fracture (APOLLO)

Protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial with economic evaluation and natural experiment alongside

Background and purpose — The posterolateral and direct lateral surgical approach are the 2 most common surgical approaches for performing a hemiarthroplasty in patients with a hip fracture. It is unknown which surgical approach is preferable in terms of (cost-)effectiveness and q ...