title: Dynamic regime marginal structural mean models for estimation of optimal dynamic treatment regimes, Part II: proofs of results.
abstract: In this companion article to "Dynamic Regime Marginal Structural Mean Models for Estimation of Optimal Dynamic Treatment Regimes, Part I: Main Content" [Orellana, Rotnitzky and Robins (2010), IJB, Vol. 6, Iss. 2, Art. 7] we present (i) proofs of the claims in that paper, (ii) a proposal for the computation of a confidence set for the optimal index when this lies in a finite set, and (iii) an example to aid the interpretation of the positivity assumption.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Cálculo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentine.
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Orellana
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rotnitzky
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Robins
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011336:Probability; D012107:Research Design / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
references.citation: Int J Biostat. 2010;6(2):Article 8
references.pmid: 21969994