Adaptive Combination of Randomized and Observational Data
随机试验与观察数据的自适应组合
Data from both a randomized trial and an observational study are sometimes simultaneously available for evaluating the effect of an intervention. The randomized data typically allows for reliable estimation of average treatment effects but may be limited in sample size and patient heterogeneity for estimating conditional average treatment effects for a broad range of patients. Estimates from the observational study can potentially compensate for these limitations, but there…