Accounting for model uncertainty in estimating global burden of disease
Author(s) -
David M. Vock,
Elizabeth A. Atchison,
Julie Legler,
David R. J. McClure,
Jamie C. Carlyle,
Elysia N Jeavons,
Anthony Burton
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
bulletin of the world health organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1564-0604
pISSN - 0042-9686
DOI - 10.2471/blt.09.073577
Subject(s) - covariate , confidence interval , credible interval , statistics , econometrics , bayesian probability , disease burden , sampling (signal processing) , bayes' theorem , bayesian hierarchical modeling , bayesian inference , medicine , population , environmental health , mathematics , computer science , filter (signal processing) , computer vision
To illustrate the effects of failing to account for model uncertainty when modelling is used to estimate the global burden of disease, with specific application to childhood deaths from rotavirus infection.
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