Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Inverse probability weighting is a fundamental and general methodology for estimating the causal effects of exposures and interventions, but standard approaches to constructing such weights are often suboptimal. METHODS: In this paper, we describe a recent approach for constructing such weights that directly balances covariates while optimizing the stability of the resulting weighting estimator. RESULTS: To illustrate the use of this approach in mental health research, we present an exploratory study of the effects of exposure to violence on the risk of suicide attempt. CONCLUSIONS: The direct balancing approach to weighting should be given strong consideration in empirical research due to its robustness and transparency in building weighting estimators.
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.70018
Authors: Eric R. Cohn, José R. Zubizarreta
Institutions: Westat (United States), Harvard University
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics and Probability
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $4,070
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, John W. Alden Trust, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly and Company, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, World Health Organization, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, University of Michigan, Universidad CES, Ministry of Health – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, European Commission, Public Health Agency, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, King Saud University, Generalitat de Catalunya, Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Universidade de Lisboa, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Fundación para la Formación e Investigación Sanitarias de la Región de Murcia, Servicio Murciano de Salud, Regione Piemonte, Fakultet Medicinskih Nauka, Univerziteta U Kragujevcu, Servier, H. Lundbeck A/S, Fundação Champalimaud, Ministerio de Salud, Ministerstwo Zdrowia, King Salman Center for Disability Research, National Institutes of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Public Health Service, Pfizer Foundation, Pan American Health Organization, Executive Agency for Health and Consumers, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Consejería de Sanidad y Política Social, Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Fogarty International Center, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical
Awards: G1037158725, World Mental Health Consortium Annual Meeting 2003-07, G1523913859, G1550703150, G1685799836, G1752135571, G2047397837, Epidemiological study of psychiatric disorders in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region: prevalence, risk factors, and social and economical burden, G2237026874, Social Role Disability and Mental-Physical Co-Morbidity, G2293739665, G2355135450, G2382928157, G2411633837, G2412493501, G2880481365, G2901801384, G3087164589, G328221351, G3288897321, G33223526, CROSS-NATIONAL STUDIES OF DRUG INVOLVEMENT: WMH2000, G3645578743, G3658001182, G4076321871, G4226508884, G4340278539, G4343067671, G4504230253, G4784666921, G5171057894, G5269232963, Risk Factors for Psychopathology in the WHO WMH Surveys, G5506155316, G580704126, World Mental Health Consortium Annual Meetings 2008-2012, G6387968713, G6667095330, Epidemiology - National Comorbidity Survey Replication, G7284921876, G7433974870, G7703402538, G779104951, G795849684, G804650661, G8075145554, G851565850, Lebanon-Epidemiology: The NCS Replication Study, G8808417261, G8867067369, G98479271
OpenAlex ID: W4409086102