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Understanding Incremental Propensity Score Approaches: A Guide for Pharmacoepidemiologists

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  • Byeong Yeob Choi

  • September 24, 2026

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    Average treatment effects (ATEs) in pharmacoepidemiology compare outcomes under hypothetical full treatment versus no treatment.

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    Positivity violations in treatment assignment can lead to substantial bias in causal effect estimators in observational studies.

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    Incremental propensity score interventions (IPSIs) allow for modifying treatment probabilities without strict positivity requirements.

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    IPSIs estimate the causal impact of changing treatment probabilities, reflecting realistic policy changes in clinical practice.

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    The augmented inverse probability weighting (AIPW) method enhances estimator precision and remains consistent under certain model specifications.

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Incremental Propensity Score Interventions: A Primer for Pharmacoepidemiologists

  • by Byeong Yeob Choi

  • September 24, 2026

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