Are finite population corrections appropriate when profiling institutions?

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 153-156

  Elliott, Marc N ^a   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^b   Cleary, Paul D ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Power; Sampling; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33845249994     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10742-006-0011-2     Document Type: Article

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