Causal Inference for Complex Longitudinal Data: The Continuous Time g-Computation Formula
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Publication:6474497
DOI10.1214/AOS/1015345962arXivmath/0409436WikidataQ124258372 ScholiaQ124258372MaRDI QIDQ6474497FDOQ6474497
Authors: Richard D. Gill, James Robins 
Publication date: 22 September 2004
Abstract: We extend Robins' theory of causal inference for complex longitudinal data to the case of continuously varying as opposed to discrete covariates and treatments. In particular we establish versions of the key results of the discrete theory: the g-computation formula and a collection of powerful characterizations of the g-null hypothesis of no treatment effect. This is accomplished under natural continuity hypotheses concerning the conditional distributions of the outcome variable and of the covariates given the past. We also show that our assumptions concerning counterfactual variables place no restriction on the joint distribution of the observed variables: thus in a precise sense, these assumptions are "for free," or if you prefer, harmless.
Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Characterization and structure theory of statistical distributions (62E10)
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