Public health application comparing multilevel analysis with logistic regression: Immunization coverage among long-term care facility residents

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 749-755

  Bardenheier, Barbara H ^a,c   Shefer, Abigail ^a   Barker, Lawrence ^a   Winston, Carla A ^a   Sionean, C Kristina ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Hierarchical Regression; Logistic Regression; Multilevel Analysis; Nursing Homes

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; RESPONSIBILITY; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VACCINATION;

AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; OWNERSHIP; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644526119     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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