Bayesian analysis of non-homogeneous Markov chains: Application to mental health data

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 3000-3017

  Sung, Minje ^a   Soyer, Refik ^b   Nhan, Nguyen ^c  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Graydon Manor Psychiatric Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Dynamic models; Longitudinal data; Markov models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHODYNAMICS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 34250650521     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2775     Document Type: Article

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