Bayesian analysis of nosocomial infection risk and length of stay in a department of general and digestive surgery

Value in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 431-439

  Sáez Castillo, Antonio José ^a   Olmo Jiménez, María José ^a   Pérez Sánchez, José María ^b   Negrín Hernández, Miguel Ángel ^c   Arcos Navarro, Ángel ^d   Díaz Oller, Juan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^d San Agustín University Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

asymmetric logit; Bayesian analysis; length of stay in hospital; logistic regression; nosocomial infection risk; Poisson Gamma model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 77954294157     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2009.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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