Propensity Score

"Propensity Score" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Conditional probability of exposure to a treatment given observed covariates.

Descriptor ID	D057216
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.740.600.675 N05.715.360.750.625.620 N06.850.520.830.600.650
Concept/Terms	Propensity Score Propensity Score Propensity Scores Score, Propensity Scores, Propensity

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Statistics as Topic [E05.318.740]
Probability [E05.318.740.600]
Propensity Score [E05.318.740.600.675]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Statistics as Topic [N05.715.360.750]
Probability [N05.715.360.750.625]
Propensity Score [N05.715.360.750.625.620]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Statistics as Topic [N06.850.520.830]
Probability [N06.850.520.830.600]
Propensity Score [N06.850.520.830.600.650]

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Bar chart showing 43 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2011	0	1	1
2012	0	1	1
2013	0	2	2
2014	0	1	1
2015	0	4	4
2016	0	3	3
2017	0	3	3
2018	1	4	5
2019	1	6	7
2020	0	1	1
2021	0	3	3
2022	0	3	3
2023	0	3	3
2024	0	5	5
2025	0	1	1

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Finati M, Cirulli GO, Chiarelli G, Stephens A, Tinsley S, Morrison C, Sood A, Buffi N, Lughezzani G, Salonia A, Briganti A, Montorsi F, Bettocchi C, Carrieri G, Rogers C, Abdollah F. The Role of Cytoreductive Nephrectomy in Contemporary Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: An Other-Cause Mortality Match Population-Based Study. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2025 Aug; 23(4):102374.

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Fujii T, Hirano Y, Ishiyama Y, Yamato M, Akuta S, Yoshizawa M, Okazaki N, Hiranuma C. Comparison of short- and mid-term outcomes between the Senhance digital laparoscopic system and laparoscopic colectomy: a propensity score matching study. Surg Endosc. 2025 02; 39(2):1153-1159.

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Hadgu A, Yan F, Effoe V, Mayberry R. Statin use and its association with all-cause mortality and incident diabetes/prediabetes in African Americans: Findings from the jackson heart study. J Natl Med Assoc. 2024 Dec; 116(6):682-693.

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Hadgu A, Yan F, Mayberry R. The Association Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Diabetes in Adult African Americans and Whites: An NHANES Study. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 Oct; 12(5):3401-3416.

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Erlandson KM, Geng LN, Selvaggi CA, Thaweethai T, Chen P, Erdmann NB, Goldman JD, Henrich TJ, Hornig M, Karlson EW, Katz SD, Kim C, Cribbs SK, Laiyemo AO, Letts R, Lin JY, Marathe J, Parthasarathy S, Patterson TF, Taylor BD, Duffy ER, Haack M, Julg B, Maranga G, Hernandez C, Singer NG, Han J, Pemu P, Brim H, Ashktorab H, Charney AW, Wisnivesky J, Lin JJ, Chu HY, Go M, Singh U, Levitan EB, Goepfert PA, Nikolich J?, Hsu H, Peluso MJ, Kelly JD, Okumura MJ, Flaherman VJ, Quigley JG, Krishnan JA, Scholand MB, Hess R, Metz TD, Costantine MM, Rouse DJ, Taylor BS, Goldberg MP, Marshall GD, Wood J, Warren D, Horwitz L, Foulkes AS, McComsey GA. Differentiation of Prior SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Postacute Sequelae by Standard Clinical Laboratory Measurements in the RECOVER Cohort. Ann Intern Med. 2024 Sep; 177(9):1209-1221.

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Finati M, Corsi NJ, Stephens A, Chiarelli G, Cirulli GO, Davis M, Tinsley S, Sood A, Buffi N, Lughezzani G, Salonia A, Briganti A, Montorsi F, Bettocchi C, Carrieri G, Rogers C, Abdollah F. The Impact of Radical Prostatectomy Versus Radiation Therapy on Cancer-Specific Mortality for Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer: Analysis of an Other-Cause Mortality Matched Cohort. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2024 Dec; 22(6):102201.

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Oesterheld J, Ferguson W, Kraveka JM, Bergendahl G, Clinch T, Lorenzi E, Berry D, Wada RK, Isakoff MS, Eslin DE, Brown VI, Roberts W, Zage P, Harrod VL, Mitchell DS, Hanson D, Saulnier Sholler GL. Eflornithine as Postimmunotherapy Maintenance in High-Risk Neuroblastoma: Externally Controlled, Propensity Score-Matched Survival Outcome Comparisons. J Clin Oncol. 2024 Jan 01; 42(1):90-102.

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Garg M, Venugopalan V, Vouri SM, Diaby V, Iovine NM, Park H. Oral fluoroquinolones and risk of aortic aneurysm or dissection: A nationwide population-based propensity score-matched cohort study. Pharmacotherapy. 2023 09; 43(9):883-893.

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Wong LL, Landsittel DP, Kwee SA. Liver Transplantation vs Partial Hepatectomy for Stage T2 Multifocal Hepatocellular Carcinoma <3?cm Without Vascular Invasion: A Propensity Score-Matched Survival Analysis. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 09 01; 237(3):568-577.

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Wightman P, McCue K, Sabo S, Annorbah R, Jim?nez D, Pilling V, Butler M, Celaya MF, Rumann S. Community health worker intervention improves early childhood vaccination rates: results from a propensity-score matching evaluation. BMC Public Health. 2022 10 04; 22(1):1854.

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