Ranking states' immunization coverage: An example from the National Immunization Survey

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 605-613

  Barker, Lawrence E ^a   Smith, Philip J ^a   Gerzoff, Robert B ^a   Luman, Elizabeth T ^a   McCauley, Mary ^a   Strine, Tara W ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunizations; National Immunization Survey; Parametric bootstrap; Ranks

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13844255391     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2039     Document Type: Article

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