Are KISS data representative of German intensive care units?: Statistical issues

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 424-429

  Rücker, Gerta ^a,c   Schoop, R ^a   Beyersmann, J ^a   Schumacher, M ^a   Zuschneid, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incidence rate; Negative binomial distribution; Nosocomiol infection; Over dispersion; Poisson regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 33747882771     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634099     Document Type: Article

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