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Causal inference in physical activity epidemiology research: an opportunity for better evidence

Decades of research have established a significant link between physical activity and health, influencing agenda setting, policy making and community awareness.1–4 However, the field continues to ...
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Causal inference under selection on observables in operations management research: Matching methods and synthetic controls

The majority of recent empirical papers in operations management (OM) employ observational data to investigate the causal effects of a treatment, such as program or policy adoption. However, as ...
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Causal Inference in Oncology Comparative Effectiveness Research Using Observational Data: Are Instrumental Variables Underutilized?

In the article that accompanies this editorial, Lu et al 5 conducted a systematic review on the use of instrumental variable (IV) methods in oncology comparative effectiveness research. The main ...
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Evaluating Cancer Screening in the Era of Advanced Causal Inference Methods: Innovation, Adherence, and Health Equity Considerations

Despite the contributions of more than 700,000 men to randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of prostate cancer (PC) screening over several decades, it is still unclear whether there is a PC-specific ...