Design of a clustered observational study to predict emergency admissions in the elderly: Statistical reasoning in clinical practice

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-178

  Lancaster, Gillian A ^a   Chellaswamy, Hannah ^b   Taylor, Steve ^a   Lyon, David ^c   Dowrick, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Southport and Formby Community Health Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c Halton Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clustered observational study; Intra class correlation coefficient; Multilevel logistic regression; Sample size

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSERVER BIAS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33947429184     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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