Beyond the Ecological Fallacy

Potential Problems When Studying Healthcare Organisations

Catherine L. Saunders, Marc N. Elliott, Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Gary A. Abel

ResearchPosted on rand.org Oct 20, 2015Published in: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2015

Simple recommendations for statistical best practices will improve the translation of appropriate and robust research findings into healthcare policy and practice.

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Document Details

  • Publisher: SAGE
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2015
  • Pages: 6
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
  • Document Number: EP-50911

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