Estimating the causal effect of liability to disease on healthcare costs using Mendelian Randomization

Accurate measurement of the effects of disease status on healthcare costs is important in the pragmatic evaluation of interventions but is complicated by endogeneity bias. Mendelian Randomization, the use of random perturbations in germline genetic variation as instrumental variables, can avoid thes...

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Main Authors: Dixon, P, Harrison, S, Hollingworth, W, Davies, N, Davey Smith, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022