A Method of Comparison for Standardized Rates of Low-Incidence Events

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-69

  Carriere, K C ^a   Roos, Leslie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Low incidence; Poisson distribution; Standardized

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; MANITOBA; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030635899     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199701000-00005     Document Type: Review

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