Goodness-of-fit for GEE: An example with mental health service utilization

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-222

  Horton, Nicholas J ^a   Bebchuk, Judith D ^a   Jones, Cheryl L ^a   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^c   Catalano, Paul J ^c   Zahner, Gwendolyn E P ^b   Fitzmaurice, Garrett M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033616443     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19990130)18:2<213::AID-SIM999>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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