Choosing the correct unit of analysis in medical care experiments

Medical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1984, Pages 1101-1114

  Wiiiting O'Keefe Q E ^a   Henke, Curtis ^a   Simborg, Donald W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health service research; Study design; Unit of analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STUDY;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; PERIODICALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0021737684     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198412000-00005     Document Type: Article

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