Augmented generalized estimating equations for improving efficiency and validity of estimation in cluster randomized trials by leveraging cluster-level and individual-level covariates

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 915-930

  Stephens, Alisa J ^a   Tchetgen Tchetgen, Eric J ^a   Gruttola, Victor De ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trials; Covariate adjustment; Double robustness; Generalized estimating equations; HIV intervention; Longitudinal data

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION; STUDY DESIGN; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84859704028     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.4471     Document Type: Article

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