Multidimensional profiles of health status: an application of the grade of membership model to the world health survey.

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) conducted the World Health Survey (WHS) between 2002 and 2004 in 70 countries to provide cross-population comparable data on health, health-related outcomes and risk factors. The aim of this study was to apply Grade of Membership (GoM) modelling as a m...

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Main Authors: Alessandra Andreotti, Nadia Minicuci, Paul Kowal, Somnath Chatterji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2636180?pdf=render