Basic parametric analysis for a multi-state model in hospital epidemiology

Basic parametric analysis for a multi-state model in hospital epidemiology

Abstract Background The extended illness-death model is a useful tool to study the risks and consequences of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). The statistical quantities of interest are the transition-specific hazard rates and the transition probabilities as well as attributable mortality (AM) an...

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Main Authors: Maja von Cube, Martin Schumacher, Martin Wolkewitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Homogeneous Markov process
Transition probabilitiy
Attributable mortality
Population-attributable fraction
Nosocomial infection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-017-0379-4

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