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Application and comparison of generalized propensity score matching versus pairwise propensity score matching
Zhanglin L Cui1, Lisa M Hess1, Robert Goodloe1
1Global Patient Outcomes & Real World Evidence, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA.
Aim:
A comparison of conventional pairwise propensity score matching (PSM) and generalized PSM method was applied to the comparative effectiveness of multiple treatment options for lung cancer.
Materials & Methods:
Deidentified data were analyzed. Covariate balances between compared treatments were assessed before and after PSM. Cox proportional hazards regression compared overall survival after PSM.
Results & Conclusion:
The generalized PSM analyses were able to retain 61.2% of patients, while the conventional PSM analyses were able to match from 24.1 to 77.1% of patients from each treatment comparison. The generalized PSM achieved statistical significance (p < 0.05) in 8/10 comparisons, whereas conventional pairwise PSM achieved 1/10. The noted differences arose from different matched patient samples and the size of the samples.
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