title: The essential role of balance tests in propensity-matched observational studies: comments on 'A critical appraisal of propensity-score matching in the medical literature between 1996 and 2003' by Peter Austin, Statistics in Medicine.
authors.affiliation: Statistics Department, University of Michigan, 439 West Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107, U.S.A. ben.b.hansen@umich.edu
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D015233:Models, Statistical; D019370:Observation; D018579:Patient Selection; D015983:Selection Bias; D016896:Treatment Outcome