Simulation study to assess the precision and accuracy of the two-stage cluster survey for injection safety

International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 159-170

  Woodard, Stacy ^a,c   Lemeshow, Stanley ^a   Chen, Meng ^a   Fitzner, Julia ^b   Duclos, Philippe ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Injection safety; Sampling design; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AFRICA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HYPOTHESIS; INJECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; STANDARD; THEORETICAL STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 21444454569     PISSN: 09246479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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