Approximate models for aggregate data when individual-level data sets are very large or unavailable

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2180-2193

  Peköz, Erol A ^a   Shwartz, Michael ^a,b   Christiansen, Cindy L ^c   Berlowitz, Dan ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate Bayesian models; Confidential data; Poisson binomial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INDIVIDUAL BASED POPULATION MODEL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NURSING HOME; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSING HOMES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 77956902008     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3979     Document Type: Article

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