Psychiatry research, 2008-08, Vol.160 (2), p.129-136
2008
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- Titel
- Statistical procedures for analyzing mental health services data
- Ist Teil von
- Psychiatry research, 2008-08, Vol.160 (2), p.129-136
- Ort / Verlag
- Shannon: Elsevier Ireland Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2008
- Quelle
- Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Abstract In mental health services research, analyzing service utilization data often poses serious problems, given the presence of substantially skewed data distributions. This article presents a non-technical introduction to statistical methods specifically designed to handle the complexly distributed datasets that represent mental health service use, including Poisson, negative binomial, zero-inflated, and zero-truncated regression models. A flowchart is provided to assist the investigator in selecting the most appropriate method. Finally, a dataset of mental health service use reported by medical patients is described, and a comparison of results across several different statistical methods is presented. Implications of matching data analytic techniques appropriately with the often complexly distributed datasets of mental health services utilization variables are discussed.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0165-1781eISSN: 1872-7123DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.07.003Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_69319761
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- Schlagworte
- Biological and medical sciences, Community Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data, Community Mental Health Services - utilization, Health care costs, Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data, Health Services Needs and Demand - economics, Health Services Needs and Demand - statistics & numerical data, Health Services Research - methods, Health Services Research - statistics & numerical data, Humans, Medical sciences, Mental Disorders - epidemiology, Mental Disorders - psychology, Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data, Mental Health Services - supply & distribution, Mental Health Services - utilization, Mental health services research, Methodology. Experimentation, Miscellaneous, Models, Statistical, Poisson Distribution, Psychiatry, Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry, Psychopathology. Psychiatry, Regression Analysis, Service utilization, Skewed distributions, Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry, Statistics, Techniques and methods, Utilization Review - methods, Utilization Review - statistics & numerical data