Smoothing a Discrete Hazard Function for the Number of Patients Colonized with Methicillin-Resistance Staphylococcus Aureus in an Intensive Care Unit


Autoria(s): Ismail, Noor Azina; Pettitt, Tony
Data(s)

2004

Resumo

A new method for estimating the time to colonization of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) patients is developed in this paper. The time to colonization of MRSA is modelled using a Bayesian smoothing approach for the hazard function. There are two prior models discussed in this paper: the first difference prior and the second difference prior. The second difference prior model gives smoother estimates of the hazard functions and, when applied to data from an intensive care unit (ICU), clearly shows increasing hazard up to day 13, then a decreasing hazard. The results clearly demonstrate that the hazard is not constant and provide a useful quantification of the effect of length of stay on the risk of MRSA colonization which provides useful insight.

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/23673/

Publicador

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Relação

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezp01.library.qut.edu.au/doi/10.1002/sim.1654/full

Ismail, Noor Azina & Pettitt, Tony (2004) Smoothing a Discrete Hazard Function for the Number of Patients Colonized with Methicillin-Resistance Staphylococcus Aureus in an Intensive Care Unit. Statistics in Medicine, 23(8), pp. 1247-1258.

Fonte

Faculty of Science and Technology

Tipo

Journal Article