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Propensity-score matching analysis in COVID-19-related studies: a method and quality systematic review
Chunhui Gu, Ruosha Li, Guoqiang Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07023

Propensity-score matching analysis in COVID-19-related studies: a method and quality systematic review
Objectives: To provide an overall quality assessment of the methods used for COVID-19-related studies using propensity score matching (PSM). Study Design and Setting: A systematic search was conducted in June 2021 on PubMed to identify COVID-19-related studies that use the PSM analysis between 2020 and 2021. Key information about study design and PSM analysis were extracted, such as covariates, matching algorithm, and reporting of estimated treatment effect type. Results: One-hundred-and-fi…