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  • Biostatistics
  • Health Services Research
  • Statistical Modeling

Background:

  • Hierarchical statistical models commonly use cluster-specific intercepts to analyze clustered data (e.g., patients within hospitals).
  • Predicted intercepts are often used to identify extreme or outlying clusters, such as underperforming hospitals or patients with severe health changes.
  • Existing methods for flagging extreme clusters, based on best linear unbiased predictors (BLUP) and fixed effects predictors, have demonstrated poor performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the performance of various flagging rules for extreme clusters in hierarchical models.
  • To develop and assess novel methods for accurately flagging extreme clusters with controlled error rates.
  • To compare the efficacy of new flagging methods against previously proposed approaches.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical calculations and comprehensive numerical evaluations were employed to assess flagging rule performance.
  • The study considered different predictors and accuracy measures for identifying extreme clusters.
  • Novel 'self-calibrated' flagging methods were developed to control incorrect flagging rates.

Main Results:

  • Previously proposed flagging rules based on BLUP and fixed effects predictors exhibit unacceptably high incorrect flagging rates or are overly conservative.
  • The newly developed methods effectively control incorrect flagging rates.
  • The novel methods demonstrate substantially higher correct flagging rates compared to existing approaches.

Conclusions:

  • Existing methods for flagging extreme clusters in hierarchical models are inadequate.
  • The proposed self-calibrated methods provide a statistically sound and practical approach for identifying extreme clusters.
  • These improved methods have practical applications, such as analyzing pediatric hospital length of stay for asthma patients.