Sampling Patients within Physician Practices and Health Plans: Multistage Cluster Samples in Health Services Research

Health Services Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 1625-1640

  Adams, John L ^a   Wickstrom, Steven L ^b   Burgess, Margaret J ^b   Lee, Paul P ^c   Escarce, José J ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Ctr for Hlth Care Plcy and Eval   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering; Design effect; Multistage; Sampling studies; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICAL PRACTICE; RETINOPATHY; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345921702     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2003.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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