Estimating the effect of treatment rate changes when treatment benefits are heterogeneous: Antibiotics and otitis media

Value in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 304-314

  Park, Tae Ryong ^a   Brooks, John M ^b,d   Chrischilles, Elizabeth A ^b   Bergus, George ^c  

^a Health Dialog Analytic Solutions   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Instrumental variables; Otitis media; Treatment effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 41549112909     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2007.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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