A method for modeling utilization data from multiple sources: Application in a study of linkage to primary care

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 211-223

  Horton, Nicholas J ^a   Saitz, Richard ^b,c   Laird, Nan M ^d   Samet, Jeffrey H ^b,c  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized estimating equations; Multiple informants; Multiple sources; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0142093102     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025849927981     Document Type: Article

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