Requiem for odds ratios

Edward C Norton^{1

2}, Bryan E Dowd³, Melissa M Garrido^{4

5}, Matthew L Maciejewski^{6

7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
² Department of Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
³ Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
⁴ Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center (PEPReC), Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁶ Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery & Practice Transformation, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁷ Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁸ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Edward C Norton et al. Health Serv Res. 2024 Aug.

. 2024 Aug;59(4):e14337.

doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.14337. Epub 2024 Jun 1.

Edward C Norton^{1

2}, Bryan E Dowd³, Melissa M Garrido^{4

5}, Matthew L Maciejewski^{6

7

8}

¹ Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
² Department of Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
³ Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
⁴ Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center (PEPReC), Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁶ Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery & Practice Transformation, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁷ Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁸ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

No abstract available

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