2024
Using Overlap Weights to Address Extreme Propensity Scores in Estimating Restricted Mean Counterfactual Survival Times
Cao Z, Ghazi L, Mastrogiacomo C, Forastiere L, Wilson F, Li F. Using Overlap Weights to Address Extreme Propensity Scores in Estimating Restricted Mean Counterfactual Survival Times. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2024, kwae416. PMID: 39489504, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae416.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInverse probability of censoring weightingProbability of censoring weightingOverlap weightingCensoring processVariance estimationInterval coverageInverse probability of treatment weightingTarget estimandInverse probabilityBinary outcomesPropensity scoreRMSTProbability of treatment weightingPropensity score weightingEstimationEstimandsLogistic regressionTreatment comparisonsVariance
2020
Conditional Cash Transfer Program and Leprosy Incidence: Analysis of 12.9 Million Families From the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort
Pescarini JM, Williamson E, Ichihara MY, Fiaccone RL, Forastiere L, Ramond A, Nery JS, Penna MLF, Strina A, Reis S, Smeeth L, Rodrigues LC, Brickley EB, Penna GO, Barreto ML. Conditional Cash Transfer Program and Leprosy Incidence: Analysis of 12.9 Million Families From the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2020, 189: 1547-1558. PMID: 32639534, PMCID: PMC7705605, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaa127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeprosy case detectionLeprosy incidenceBrazilian cohortCase detectionIncidence rate ratiosHigh-burden communitiesMantel-Haenszel testBFP beneficiarySecondary endpointsPaucibacillary casesPoisson regressionPropensity scoreBFP participationIncidenceTropical diseasesPolicy-relevant evidenceRate ratioConditional cash transfer programCohortOperational classificationCash transfer programDisabilityAssociationTransfer programsAssessing short-term impact of PM10 on mortality using a semiparametric generalized propensity score approach
Forastiere L, Carugno M, Baccini M. Assessing short-term impact of PM10 on mortality using a semiparametric generalized propensity score approach. Environmental Health 2020, 19: 46. PMID: 32357874, PMCID: PMC7193397, DOI: 10.1186/s12940-020-00599-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory causesAttributable deathsCause-specific mortalityDose-response functionDaily exposure levelsCardiovascular causesPropensity score approachEffect modificationExposure-response curvesPropensity scoreStudy periodPopulation healthMortalityExposure levelsDeathWhole study periodHypothetical interventionGeneralized propensity scoreShort-term impactFurther investigationCauseAir pollutionHealthHigh levelsScore approach