Validation of Multilevel Regression and Poststratification Methodology for Small Area Estimation of Health Indicators from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 127-137

  Zhang, Xingyou ^a   Holt, James B ^b   Yun, Shumei ^b   Lu, Hua ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CORRELATION; DIABETES; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SMALL AREA ESTIMATION; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84936757960     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv002     Document Type: Article

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