Survivor-Complier Effects in the Presence of Selection on Treatment, With Application to a Study of Prompt ICU Admission
治疗选择下的存活遵从者效应:及时入住重症监护室的应用
Pretreatment selection or censoring (“selection on treatment”) can occur when two treatment levels are compared ignoring the third option of neither treatment, in “censoring by death” settings where treatment is only defined for those who survive long enough to receive it, or in general in studies where the treatment is only defined for a subset of the population. Unfortunately, the standard instrumental variable (IV) estimand is not defined in the presence of such…