Maternity length of stay modelling by gamma mixture regression with random effects

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 750-764

  Lee, Andy H ^a   Wang, Kui ^a   Yau, Kelvin K W ^b   McLachlan, Geoffrey J ^c   Ng, Shu Kay ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clustered data; EM algorithm; Gamma mixture regression; Length of stay; Random effects

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLUSTERED DATUM; EM ALGORITHMS; GAMMA MIXTURE REGRESSION; GAMMA MIXTURES; HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES; LENGTH OF STAY; MIXTURE REGRESSION; RANDOM EFFECTS; REGRESSION MODELLING; TWO-COMPONENT;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 35448969804     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200610371     Document Type: Article

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