Flexible regression models are useful tools to calculate and assess threshold values in the context of minimum provider volumes

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1125-1131

  Grouven, Ulrich ^a   Küchenhoff, Helmut ^b   Schräder, Peter ^c,d   Bender, Ralf ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY IN HEALTH CARE IQWIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Medical Advisory Service of Social Health Insurance   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benchmark values; Generalized estimating equations; Logistic regression models; Minimum provider volume; Threshold values; Volume outcome data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52949096110     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.11.020     Document Type: Article

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