Adjusting for confounding by neighborhood using a proportional odds model and complex survey data

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1133-1141

  Brumback, Babette A ^a   Dailey, Amy B ^b   Zheng, Hao W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confounding factors (epidemiology); health status disparities; health surveys; healthcare disparities; logistic models; minority health; proportional hazards models; residence characteristics

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; MINORITY GROUP; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESIDENT POPULATION; RISK FACTOR; SOFTWARE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862192831     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr452     Document Type: Article

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