Prediction of patient-reported outcome measures via multivariate ordered probit models

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 567-591

  Conigliani, Caterina ^a   Manca, Andrea ^b   Tancredi, Andrea ^c  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

EuroQol 5D; Health status; Multinomial logit regression; Multivariate ordered probit regression; Scoring rules; Short form 12

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928754442     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12072     Document Type: Article

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