Covariate balance in a Bayesian propensity score analysis of beta blocker therapy in heart failure patients
McCandless LC, Gustafson P, Austin PC, Levy AR. Epidemiol Perspect Innov. 2009; 6:5.
Publications
ICES report: appropriateness: the next frontier in the quest for better access to CT and MRI
You JJ. Healthc Q. 2009; 12(4):25-7.
A substantial and confusing variation exists in handling of baseline covariates in randomized controlled trials: a review of trials published in leading medical journals
Austin PC, Manca A, Zwarenstein M, Juurlink DN, Stanbrook MB. J Clin Epidemiol. 2010; 63(2):142-53. Epub 2009 Aug 27.
Age disparities in stroke quality of care and delivery of health services
Saposnik G, Black SE, Hakim A, Fang J, Tu JV, Kapral MK; Investigators of the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network (RCSN); Stroke Outcomes Research Canada (SORCan) Working Group. Stroke. 2009; 40(10):3328-35. Epub 2009 Aug 20.
Patterns of use of thienopyridine therapy after percutaneous coronary interventions with drug-eluting stents and bare-metal stents
Ko DT, Chiu M, Guo H, Austin PC, Marquis JF, Tu JV. Ann Heart J. 2009; 158(4):592-8.e1. Epub 2009 Aug 22.
Adverse cardiovascular events during treatment with pioglitazone and rosiglitazone: a population-based cohort study
Juurlink DN, Gomes T, Lipscombe LL, Austin PC, Hux JE, Mamdani MM. BMJ. 2009; 339:b2942.
Longer wait times increase overall mortality in patients with bladder cancer
Kulkarni GS, Urbach DR, Austin PC, Fleshner NE, Laupacis A. J Urol. 2009; 182(4):1318-24. Epub 2009 Aug 14.
The relative ability of different propensity score methods to balance measured covariates between treated and untreated subjects in observational studies
Austin PC. Med Decis Making. 2009; 29(6):661-7. Epub 2009 Aug 14.
Short- and long-term risk stratification using a next-generation, high-sensitivity research cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) assay in an emergency department chest pain population
Kavsak PA, Wang X, Ko DT, MacRae AR, Jaffe AS. Clin Chem. 2009; 55(10):1809-15. Epub 2009 Aug 13.
The application of disease management to clinical trial designs
Puterman J, Alter DA. Popul Health Manag. 2009; 12(4):205-8.