Hospital volume versus outcome: An unusual example of bivariate association

Biometrics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 598-604

  Betensky, Rebecca A ^a   Christian, Caprice K ^b   Gustafson, Michael L ^b   Daley, Jennifer ^c   Zinner, Michael J ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Kendall's tau; Pearson's correlation; Spearman's rho

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HEALTH INSURANCE;

BIVARIATE; COMPLEX PROCEDURE; DECREASING FUNCTIONS; HIGH VOLUMES; KENDALL TAUS; MARKET FORCES; PEARSON CORRELATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPEARMAN'S RHO; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIOS;

HOSPITALS;

CORRELATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; DEATH; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MARKET; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO;

EID: 33745243301     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2005.00449.x     Document Type: Review

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