Standardisation of rates using logistic regression: A comparison with the direct method

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Roalfe, Andrea K ^a   Holder, Roger L ^a   Wilson, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RARE DISEASE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; THYROID DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RARE DISEASES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 63449114195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-275     Document Type: Article

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