An analysis of hip fracture treatments in Japan by the discrete-type proportional hazard and ordered probit models

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 303-312

  Nawata, Kazumitsu ^a   Nitta, Ayako ^b   Watanabe, Sonoko ^c   Kawabuchi, Koichi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO TOKYO KOTO GERIATRIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c ELSEVIER MASSON   (France)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hip fractures; Length of stay; Ordered probit model; Proportional hazard model; Walking ability

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HIP PROSTHESES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; WALKING AIDS;

HIP FRACTURES; LENGTH OF STAY; ORDERED PROBIT MODELS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODELS; WALKING ABILITY;

FRACTURE FIXATION;

EID: 43449130030     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2008.01.023     Document Type: Article

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