How sensitive are multilevel regression findings to defined area of context? A case study of mammography use in California

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-337

  Mobley, Lee R ^a   Kuo, Tzy Mey ^a   Andrews, Linda ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Breast cancer screening; Mammography use; Modifiable areal unit problem; Multilevel model; Socioecological model

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 43449103374     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558707312501     Document Type: Article

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