Analyzing incomplete data subject to a threshold using empirical likelihood methods: An application to a pneumonia risk study in an ICU setting

Biometrics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-130

  Yu, Jihnhee ^a   Vexler, Albert ^a   Tian, Lili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Censored data; Empirical likelihood ratio test; Incomplete data; Linear regression; Nonparametric test; Two sample test; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CENSORED DATA; EMPIRICAL LIKELIHOOD RATIO TEST; EMPIRICAL LIKELIHOOD RATIOS; INCOMPLETE DATA; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; NONPARAMETRIC TESTS; PULMONARY INFECTIONS; TREATMENT GROUP; TWO-SAMPLE TESTS; VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CENSUS; DISEASE TREATMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PATHOGENICITY; PNEUMONIA; THRESHOLD; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

BIOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW YORK; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77949704861     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2009.01228.x     Document Type: Article

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