Table II.
Assessment of Study Quality
Study | Selection of Control Population | PS Model Building | Application of PS Model | Balance Assessment | Overall Quality |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brown et al9 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
O’Reilly et al12 | ! | ✓ | ✓ | ! | ✓ |
Brown et al10 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ! | ✓ |
Brown et al11 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Miller et al13 | ✓ | ! | ✓ | ! | ✓ |
PROHS5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
PS, propensity score.
Note. A check mark indicates that the criteria was sufficiently met. An exclamation point indicates the criteria was not sufficiently met.