Power to Detect Spatial Disturbances under Different Levels of Geographic Aggregation

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 847-854

  Jeffery, Caroline ^a   Ozonoff, Al ^a,b   White, Laura F ^a,b   Nuño, Miriam ^a   Pagano, Marcello ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DATA BASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; PATIENT ADMISSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 70350465156     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2788     Document Type: Article

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