A Nested Dirichlet Process Analysis of Cluster Randomized Trial Data With Application in Geriatric Care Assessment
整群随机试验数据的嵌套Dirichlet过程分析:老年照护评估应用
In cluster randomized trials, patients seen by the same physician are randomized to the same treatment arm as a group. Besides the natural clustering of patients due to cluster/group randomization, interactions between an individual patient and the attending physician within the group could just as well influence patient care outcomes. Despite the intuitive relevance of these interactions to treatment assessment, few studies have thus far examined their influences. Whether…