An empirical Bayes method for studying variation in knee replacement rates

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 17-18, 1996, Pages 1875-1884

  Zhou, Xiao Hua ^a,c   Katz, B P ^a   Holleman, E ^a   Melfi, C A ^a   Dittus, R ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Regenstrief Institute for Health Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MEDICARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MEDICARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0029793125     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19960915)15:17<1875::AID-SIM399>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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