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g-formula: a standalone construct

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Epidemiology

a method for estimating the effect of sustained treatment strategies over time when confounders are themselves affected by earlier treatment.

In epidemiology, g-formula refers to a method for estimating the effect of sustained treatment strategies over time when confounders are themselves affected by earlier treatment. This meaning comes from Robins (1986) in Mathematical Modelling.[1]

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References

Robins, J. (1986). A new approach to causal inference in mortality studies with a sustained exposure period: application to control of the healthy worker survivor effect. Mathematical Modelling, 7(9-12), 1393-1512. https://doi.org/10.1016/0270-0255(86)90088-6

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