Patient activity in hospital using discrete conditional phase-type (DC-Ph) models

Recent Advances in Stochastic Modeling and Data Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 154-161

  Marshall, Adele H ^a   Burns, Louise ^a   Shaw, Barry ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Coxian phase type distributions; Length of stay; Survival

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

COVARIATES; COXIAN PHASE-TYPE DISTRIBUTIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ACTIVITIES; PH MODEL; PHASE TYPE DISTRIBUTIONS; RELATED VARIABLES; SURVIVAL;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 84967546710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812709691_0019     Document Type: Chapter

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