Dealing with missing data in observational health care outcome analyses

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 377-383

  Norris, Colleen M ^a   Ghali, William A ^a   Knudtson, Merril L ^a   Naylor, C David ^a   Saunders, L Duncan ^a  

^a Coronary Heart Disease “Approach�? ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Coronary artery disease; Missing data; Outcomes research; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ALBERTA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0034003554     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00181-X     Document Type: Article

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