Poisson 3 level model for overdispersion
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 4:00 pm
Hello
I have some cross-sectional count data I wish to model using MLwin. It is two-level data, patients within GP practices, 1 observation per patient. From my work in STATA, I know there is overdispersion that needs to be taken account of. With STATA, I can add another random effect, so that observations (=1 per patient) are clustered within patients within practices e.g.
xtmepoisson (outcome predictors) || practiceid: || patientid: , irr
Could someone advise how to do this in MLWin? When I set my outcome to a 3 level variable, with the highest level as practice, I am unsure how to correctly specify the other two levels.
Many thanks in advance
Ron
I have some cross-sectional count data I wish to model using MLwin. It is two-level data, patients within GP practices, 1 observation per patient. From my work in STATA, I know there is overdispersion that needs to be taken account of. With STATA, I can add another random effect, so that observations (=1 per patient) are clustered within patients within practices e.g.
xtmepoisson (outcome predictors) || practiceid: || patientid: , irr
Could someone advise how to do this in MLWin? When I set my outcome to a 3 level variable, with the highest level as practice, I am unsure how to correctly specify the other two levels.
Many thanks in advance
Ron