Objective: To investigate the relationship between the area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve (AUC) of the propensity model for exposure and the accuracy of the estimated effect of the exposure on the outcome of interest.Methods: A Monte Carlo simulation study was performed where...

The selection of variables used to predict a time to event outcome is a common and important issue when analyzing survival data. This is an essential step in accurately assessing risk factors in medical and public health studies. Ignoring an important variable in a regression model may result in...