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  • Health Informatics
  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiology

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  • Automated confounding adjustment is crucial for large healthcare databases.
  • High-dimensional propensity score (hdPS) is used for point treatments but struggles with time-varying interventions.
  • Time-dependent confounding and selection bias require advanced methods like inverse probability weighting (IPW).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To apply and evaluate the hdPS algorithm for improved covariate selection in comparative effectiveness research (CER) with time-varying interventions.
  • To assess the performance of hdPS within an IPW framework, stabilized by Super Learning.
  • To validate the approach using both real-world electronic health records (EHR) data and simulations.

Main Methods:

  • Application of the hdPS algorithm for covariate selection in IPW estimation.
  • Utilizing Super Learning to stabilize effect estimates.
  • Evaluation through a real-world CER study in type 2 diabetes patients and a simulation study.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated feasibility of IPW estimation with hdPS using large EHR databases.
  • Showed minimal impact of hdPS on inferences when supplementing expert-selected covariates in data-rich settings.
  • Supported hdPS application in discovery settings with limited prior knowledge or data.

Conclusions:

  • The hdPS algorithm is feasible for IPW estimation in large EHR databases.
  • hdPS can enhance covariate selection, particularly in discovery settings.
  • Super Learning can stabilize effect estimates derived from hdPS and IPW.