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Influences upon attendance at out-patient facilities – the contribution of linear-logistic modelling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Linda Dowdney ,
Christina Rogers  and
Graham Dunn
Linda Dowdney*
Affiliation:
Departments of Clinical Psychology and Biostatistics and Computing, Institute of Psychiatry, London; Department of Clinical Psychology, Warneford Hospital, Oxford
Christina Rogers
Affiliation:
Departments of Clinical Psychology and Biostatistics and Computing, Institute of Psychiatry, London; Department of Clinical Psychology, Warneford Hospital, Oxford
Graham Dunn
Affiliation:
Departments of Clinical Psychology and Biostatistics and Computing, Institute of Psychiatry, London; Department of Clinical Psychology, Warneford Hospital, Oxford
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Linda Dowdney, Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF.
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Synopsis

The research on attendance at out-patient psychiatric facilities has produced conflicting evidence that provides little guidance for the practitioner. It is suggested that inadequate data exploration could explain some of the discrepant findings. Analyses of multi-way tables using linear–logistic models were undertaken to demonstrate patterns of association that cannot be revealed through the use of simple chi-square tests on two-way contingency tables. The variables chosen for these analyses were those that have produced conflicting findings in the literature on children's attendance at child guidance facilities.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 1993 , pp. 195 - 201
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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