A causal framework for surrogate endpoints with semi-competing risks data |
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Authors: | Debashis Ghosh |
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Institution: | Departments of Statistics and Public Health Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 514A Wartik Building, University Park, PA,16802 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | In this note, we address the problem of surrogacy using a causal modelling framework that differs substantially from the potential outcomes model that pervades the biostatistical literature. The framework comes from econometrics and conceptualizes direct effects of the surrogate endpoint on the true endpoint. While this framework can incorporate the so-called semi-competing risks data structure, we also derive a fundamental non-identifiability result. Relationships to existing causal modelling frameworks are also discussed. |
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