Comparing the contributions of groups of predictors: Which outcomes vary with hospital rather than patient characteristics?

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 429, 1995, Pages 7-18

  Silber, Jeffrey H ^a   Rosenbaum, Paul R ^b   Ross, Richard N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications rate; Death rate; Dispersion effects; Failure rate; Generalized linear models; Logit models; Outcomes research; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950421022     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1995.10476483     Document Type: Article

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