Use of hierarchical models to evaluate performance of cardiac surgery centres in the Italian CABG outcome study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Hierarchical modelling represents a statistical method used to analyze nested data, as those concerning patients afferent to different hospitals. Aim of this paper is to build a hierarchical regression model using data from the "...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-07-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Research Methodology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/7/29 |