Multilevel Modeling and Policy Development: Guidelines and Applications to Medical Travel

Garcia-Garzon, Eduardo; Zhukovsky, Peter; Haller, Elisa; Plakolm, Sara; Fink, David; Petrova, Dafina; Mahalingam, Vaishali; Menezes, Igor G.; Ruggeri, Kai

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00752

Multilevel Modeling and Policy Development: Guidelines and Applications to Medical Travel

Garcia-Garzon, Eduardo; Zhukovsky, Peter; Haller, Elisa; Plakolm, Sara; Fink, David; Petrova, Dafina; Mahalingam, Vaishali; Menezes, Igor G.; Ruggeri, Kai

Authors

Eduardo Garcia-Garzon

Peter Zhukovsky

Elisa Haller

Sara Plakolm

David Fink

Dafina Petrova

Vaishali Mahalingam

Dr Igor Menezes I.G.Menezes@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in OBHRM and People Analytics

Kai Ruggeri

Abstract

Medical travel has expanded rapidly in recent years, resulting in new markets and increased access to medical care. Whereas several studies investigated the motives of individuals seeking healthcare abroad, the conventional analytical approach is limited by substantial caveats. Classical techniques as found in the literature cannot provide sufficient insight due to the nested nature of data generated. The application of adequate analytical techniques, specifically multilevel modeling, is scarce to non-existent in the context of medical travel. This study introduces the guidelines for application of multilevel techniques in public health research by presenting an application of multilevel modeling in analyzing the decision-making patterns of potential medical travelers. Benefits and potential limitations are discussed.

Citation

Garcia-Garzon, E., Zhukovsky, P., Haller, E., Plakolm, S., Fink, D., Petrova, D., Mahalingam, V., Menezes, I. G., & Ruggeri, K. (2016). Multilevel Modeling and Policy Development: Guidelines and Applications to Medical Travel. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, Article 752. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00752

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	May 6, 2016
Online Publication Date	May 24, 2016
Publication Date	May 24, 2016
Deposit Date	Jun 24, 2019
Publicly Available Date	Jun 25, 2019
Journal	Frontiers in Psychology
Electronic ISSN	1664-1078
Publisher	Frontiers Media
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	7
Article Number	752
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00752
Keywords	Medical travel; Public health; Policy; Multilevel model; Hierarchical linear model; Medical tourism; Policy research
Public URL	https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/2004555
Publisher URL	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00752/full
Contract Date	Jun 24, 2019

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