An Instrumental Variables Framework to Unite Spatial Confounding Methods
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统一空间混杂处理方法的工具变量框架
- 研究问题
- 观测空间暴露与结果的关系受到未观测空间混杂影响时，能否以统一工具变量框架解释既有方法，并识别不依赖线性结果模型的因果效应？
- 方法与思路
- 作者将暴露的小尺度空间变异视为工具变量，统一不同空间混杂方法及其共同假设，并提出构造工具的策略和暴露反应曲线估计扩展。
- 材料陈述的贡献
- 摘要称，既有方法主要区别在于小尺度变异的定义，该框架可识别和估计更广泛的因果效应，并展示空气污染与全因死亡率的应用。
- 阅读关注点
- 应核对小尺度空间变异作为工具的有效性条件、尺度选择和效应目标，以及非线性暴露反应识别、空间依赖推断与应用敏感性。
- 阅读边界
- 这是 arXiv 预印本，同行评审及期刊接收均未核验；摘要未列明工具有效性的具体假设或应用效应数值，空间尺度分离本身不能保证因果识别。
原文摘要
Studies investigating the causal effects of spatially varying exposures on outcomes often rely on observational and spatially indexed data. A prevalent challenge is unmeasured spatial confounding, where an unobserved spatially varying variable affects both exposure and outcome, leading to biased estimates and invalid confidence intervals. There is a very large literature on spatial statistics that attempts to address unmeasured spatial confounding bias; most of this literature is not framed in the context of causal inference and relies on strict assumptions. In this paper, we propose an instrumental variables (IV) framework that unifies and extends existing methods for addressing unmeasured spatial confounding bias. This framework reveals that many spatial confounding methods can be viewed as IV methods, in which small-scale spatial variation in exposure operates as the instrument, providing a common theoretical foundation for approaches that previously appeared distinct. The framework clarifies that these methods share a common set of assumptions and differ primarily in how small-scale spatial variation is defined, while offering a general strategy for constructing instruments. It also extends to identify and estimate a broad class of causal effects, including the exposure response curve, without requiring a linear outcome model. We apply our methodology in simulation and to a national data set of 33,255 zip codes to estimate the effect of enforcing air pollution exposure levels below 6-12 $μg/m^3$ on all-cause mortality while adjusting for unmeasured spatial confounding.