An Updated Method for Risk Adjustment in Outcomes Research

Value in Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 629-633

  Doi, Suhail A R ^a   Barendregt, Jan J ^a   Rao, Chalapati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

age standardization; burden of disease; fixed effects model; meta analysis; population standardization; quality effects model; random effects model

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; EFFECT SIZE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION;

AGE STANDARDIZATION; BURDEN OF DISEASE; FIXED-EFFECTS MODEL; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION STANDARDIZATION; QUALITY-EFFECTS MODEL; RANDOM-EFFECTS MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84906271096     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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