Outlier detection for a hierarchical Bayes model in a study of hospital variation in surgical procedures

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 601-619

  Farrell, Patrick J ^a   Groshen, Susan ^b   MacGibbon, Brenda ^c   Tomberlin, Thomas J ^d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CANCER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOSTATISTICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; STANDARD OF CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 78649958303     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280209344926     Document Type: Article

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