Adjusting for confounding by cluster using generalized linear mixed models

We show how to use generalized linear mixed models to adjust for confounding by cluster of the effect of a within-cluster covariate. We derive estimators for both a cluster-specific causal effect and a population-averaged causal effect.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Brumback, Babette A. ; Dailey, Amy B. ; Brumback, Lyndia C. ; Livingston, Melvin D. ; He, Zhulin
Published in:	Statistics & Probability Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0167-7152. - Vol. 80.2010, 21-22, p. 1650-1654
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	Model-based standardization Conditional likelihood Misspecified mixing distribution Prediction of random effects Causal inference

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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