Analytic methods for constructing cross-sectional profiles of health care providers

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-47

  Landrum, M B ^a,b   Bronskill, S E ^a,b   Normand, S L T ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Hierarchical models; Latent variable models; Posterior summaries; Processes of care; Variation

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0034432247     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010093701870     Document Type: Article

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