Multilevel regression and poststratification for small-area estimation of population health outcomes: A case study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease prevalence using the behavioral risk factor surveillance system

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1025-1033

  Zhang, Xingyou ^a   Holt, James B ^b   Lu, Hua ^b   Wheaton, Anne G ^b   Ford, Earl S ^b   Greenlund, Kurt J ^b   Croft, Janet B ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; multilevel regression and poststratification; population health outcomes; small area estimation

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

UNITED STATES;

BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; MULTILEVEL REGRESSION AND POSTSTRATIFICATION; POPULATION HEALTH OUTCOMES; SMALL-AREA ESTIMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CENSUSES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897441225     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu018     Document Type: Article

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