A simulation study of odds ratio estimation for binary outcomes from cluster randomized trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3415-3428

  Ukoumunne, Obioha C ^a,c   Carlin, John B ^a   Gulliford, Martin C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trials; Dichotomous outcomes; Generalized estimating equations (GEE); Group randomized trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 34547409343     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2769     Document Type: Article

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