Simpson's paradox: An example from hospital epidemiology

Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-83

  Reintjes, Ralf ^a,c   De Boer, Annette ^a   Van Pelt, Wilfrid ^a   Mintjes De Groot, Joke ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b National Organization for Quality Assurance in Health Care   (Netherlands)

^c Dezernat Infektionepidemiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confounding; Hospital epidemiology; Nosocomial infections; Simpson's paradox

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033988673     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200001000-00017     Document Type: Article

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