Multilevel data analysis: What? Why? How?

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Multilevel data analysis: What? Why? How? Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, PhD, Eugene H. Blackstone, MD  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 155, Issue 1, Pages 210-211 (January 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.06.027 Copyright © 2017 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Multilevel data structure for patient-experience data. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 155, 210-211DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.06.027) Copyright © 2017 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Multilevel data structure for coronary artery bypass graft patency data. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 155, 210-211DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.06.027) Copyright © 2017 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, PhD, and Eugene H. Blackstone, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 155, 210-211DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.06.027) Copyright © 2017 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions