Multilevel Modelling of Health Statistics (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics - Applied Probability and Statistics Section) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471998907 ISBN 13: 9780471998907

Publisher: Wiley, 2001

Synopsis

Multilevel modelling facilitates the analysis of hierarchical data where observations may be nested within higher levels of classification. In health care research, for example, a study may be undertaken to determine the variability of patient outcomes where these also vary by hospital or health care region. Inference can then be made on the efficacy of health care practices. This book provides the reader with the analytical techniques required to study such data sets.
* First book to focus on multilevel modelling for health and medical research
* Covers the majority of analytical techniques required by health care professionals
* Unifies the literature on multilevel modelling for medical and health researchers
* Each contribution comes from a specialist in that area

Guiding the reader through various stages, from a basic introduction through to methodological extensions and generalised linear models, this test will show how various kinds of data can be analysed in a multilevel framework. Important statistical concepts, such as sampling and outliers, are covered specifically for multilevel data. Repeated measures, outliers, institutional performance, and spatial analysis, which have great relevance to health and medical research, are all examined for multilevel models.

The book is aimed at health care professionals and public health researchers interested in the application of statistics, and will also be of interest to postgraduate students studying medical statistics.

Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics

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About the Author

A. H. Leyland Public Health Research Unit, University of Glasgow, UK

H. Goldstein Institute of Education, University of London, UK

From the Back Cover

Multilevel modelling facilitates the analysis of hierarchical data where observations may be nested within higher levels of classification. In health care research, for example, a study may be undertaken to determine the variability of patient outcomes where these also vary by hospital or health care region. Inference can then be made on the efficacy of health care practices.

* Focuses on multilevel modelling for health and medical research
* Covers the majority of analytical techniques required by health care professionals
* Repeated measures, outliers, institutional performance and spatial analysis are all examined in a multilevel framework
* All the methodology is applied to data sets relating to the health of individual or populations
* Includes in-depth discussion of the software packages used in multilevel modelling

From a basic introduction through to methodological extensions to generalised linear models, the book shows how various kinds of data can be analysed in a multilevel framework. Important statistical concepts, such as sampling and outliers, are covered specifically for multilevel data.

Health care professionals and public health researchers interested in the application of statistics will benefit greatly from this text. It will also be of interest to postgraduate students studying medical statistics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471998907
• ISBN 13: 9780471998907
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248
• Editor: Leyland A. H., Goldstein Harvey