A case-control study is a type of medical research investigation often used to help determine the cause of a disease, particularly when investigating a disease outbreak or rare condition. If public ...

Length of stay outliers are associated with hospital-acquired infections, complications, and discharge to facility, as opposed to nonmodifiable risk factors like age and comorbidities. Objectives: ...

Whereas cardiovascular disease-related mortality has declined in most developed countries, its known prevalence is increasing worldwide, although few data on the causes of heart disease in the ...

The goal of this study was to determine the risk of homicide victimization associated with an underlying pattern of hazardous drinking. Data were from the Izhevsk Family Study (IFS), a large-scale, ...

The probability of disease development in a defined time period is described by a logistic regression model. A model for the regression variable, given disease status, is induced and is applied to ...