Journal article
Methods for confidence interval estimation of a ratio parameter with application to location quotients
Abstract
BackgroundThe location quotient (LQ) ratio, a measure designed to quantify and benchmark the degree of relative concentration of an activity in the analysis of area localization, has received considerable attention in the geographic and economics literature. This index can also naturally be applied in the context of population health to quantify and compare health outcomes across spatial domains. However, one commonly observed limitation of LQ …
Authors
Beyene J; Moineddin R
Journal
BMC Medical Research Methodology, Vol. 5, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2005
DOI
10.1186/1471-2288-5-32
ISSN
1471-2288