Covariances for Estimated Totals When Comparing Between Years

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• Description:
  This report presents the results of a study to measure the degree of correlation between yearly estimates of totals for selected characteristics from the National Hospital Discharge Survey and from the National Health interview Survey. The report also gives an idea of the magnitude of the covariances of estimated totals and the effect of assuming independence when making year-to-year comparisons of totals.
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Health Surveys Public Health Vital Statistics
• Keywords:
  National Hospital Discharge Survey, National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
• Source:
  National Hospital Discharge Survey
• Series:
  NCHS Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Statistics ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Pages in Document:
  32 pdf pages
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  114
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7f851746e771be7277c101ffbdce24585f5b4b66fba32399bb0155d14a562e745aef635ee3927d5acdb71e4f7dad4b1429cb515fdb3612a12b5687101e32fec7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6147/cdc_6147_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.21 MB ]