The Gini coefficient as a measure for understanding accrual inequalities in multicenter clinical studies

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 341-348

  Haidich, Anna Bettina ^a   Ioannidis, John P A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical centers; Enrollment; Gini coefficient; Multicenter clinical study; Site accrual inequality; Statistical significance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; METRIC SYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 2342503832     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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