Observed intra-cluster correlation coefficients in a cluster survey sample of patient encounters in general practice in Australia

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Knox, Stephanie A ^a   Chondros, Patty ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTPATIENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTPATIENTS;

EID: 14544296608     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-4-30     Document Type: Review

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