A queueing model for chronic recurrent conditions under panel observation

Biometrics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 193-198

  Crespi, Catherine M ^a   Cumberland, William G ^a,b   Blower, Sally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth death process; Chronic disease; Herpes simplex virus; Hidden Markov model; Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm; Panel data; Queueing process

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUEUEING THEORY; VIRUSES;

BIRTH-DEATH PROCESS; CHRONIC CONDITIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONDITION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HIDDEN-MARKOV MODELS; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; PANEL DATA; QUEUEING MODEL; QUEUEING PROCESS;

DISEASES;

ACICLOVIR; PLACEBO;

DISEASE TREATMENT; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; GENITAL HERPES; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OBSERVATION; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 15044364614     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2005.040332.x     Document Type: Article

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