Multilevel analysis in health services research: A tutorial

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-222

  Hofoss, Dag ^a,b   Veenstra, Marijke ^a   Krogstad, Unni ^a  

^a Found for Health Services Research   (Norway)

^b Found for Health Services Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hospital and health services research; Multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0141892155     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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