Manipulating a Continuous Instrumental Variable in an Observational Study of Premature Babies: Algorithm, Partial Identification Bounds, and Inference under Randomization and Biased Randomization Assumptions
早产儿观察研究中连续工具变量的增强:匹配、部分识别界与推断
Regionalization of intensive care for premature babies refers to a triage system of mothers with high-risk pregnancies to hospitals of varied capabilities based on risks faced by infants. Due to the limited capacity of high-level hospitals, which are equipped with advanced expertise to provide critical care, understanding the effect of delivering premature babies at such hospitals on infant mortality for different subgroups of high-risk mothers could facilitate the design of…