Multilevel Modelling for Public Health and Health Services Research Health in Context

This open access book is a practical introduction to multilevel modelling or multilevel analysis (MLA) – a statistical technique being increasingly used in public health and health services research. The authors begin with a compelling argument for the importance of researchers in these fields havin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Leyland, Alastair H. author (author), Groenewegen, Peter P. author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer Nature 2020
2020.
Edición:1st ed. 2020.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009437755306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: Theoretical, conceptual and methodological background
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Health in context
  • Chapter 3: What is multilevel modelling?
  • Chapter 4: Multilevel data structures
  • Part II: Statistical background
  • Chapter 5: Graphs and equations
  • Chapter 6: Apportioning variation in multilevel models
  • Part III: The modelling process and presentation of research
  • Chapter 7: Context, composition and how their influences vary
  • Chapter 8: Ecometrics: Using MLA to construct contextual variables from individual data
  • Chapter 9: Modelling strategies
  • Chapter 10: Reading and writing
  • Part IV: Tutorials with example datasets
  • Chapter 11: Multilevel linear regression using MLwiN: Mortality in England and Wales, 1979-1992
  • Chapter 12. Multilevel logistic regression using MLwiN: Referrals to physiotherapy
  • Chapter 13. Untangling context and composition using MLwiN: Incidence of cardiovascular disease in small areas in Scotland.