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To the Editor: In their study of annual in-home comprehensive geriatric assessments for elderly people living at home (Nov. 2 issue),¹ Dr. Stuck and colleagues use multiple imputation to address problems arising from missing data. Multiple imputation is a great statistical innovation for strengthening inferences when data are missing. However, I think that researchers should either describe the multivariate model used to generate imputed values or at least indicate where readers can obtain such information. Dr. Stuck and colleagues include only a general statement that "the imputed estimates were derived from the known base-line and outcome data, with the use . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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