Comparing multilevel and Bayesian spatial random effects survival models to assess geographical inequalities in colorectal cancer survival: A case study

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dasgupta, Paramita ^a   Cramb, Susanna M ^a,b   Aitken, Joanne F ^a,b,c   Turrell, Gavin ^b   Baade, Peter D ^a,b,c  

^a CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

All cause survival; Bayesian; Colorectal cancer; Epidemiology; Multilevel; Spatial

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; QUEENSLAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908073027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-13-36     Document Type: Article

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