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... > medicine > clinical medicine > medical decision making > biostatistics and clinical epidemiology > Poisson and negative binomial regression

Preferred term

Poisson and negative binomial regression

Definition

The response variable in medical data is often in the form of counts. Examples include visits to the doctor, cases of stroke or heart attacks, and number of deaths due to various causes. [Source: Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making; Poisson and Negative Binomial Regression]

Broader concept

biostatistics and clinical epidemiology

Belongs to group

methods

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