Modeling the Infant’s Age at Hospital Admission in Neonatal with Jaundice at the Ghaem Mashhad Hospital Using Count Models with Excess Zeros

Bazzazzadeh V, Doosti H, Boskabadi H, Saffari Se, Peyman N and Chesneau C
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Bazzazzadeh V: Department of Biostatistics, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Doosti H: Assistant Professor of Statistics, Mashhad university of Medical Sciences, Iran
Boskabadi H: Departement of Pediatrics, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Saffari Se: Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Peyman N: Associate Professor of Health Education, Mashhad university of Medical Sciences, Iran
Chesneau C: Associate Professor of Statistics, Université de Caen Normandie, France

Biostatistics and Biometrics Open Access Journal, 2017, vol. 3, issue 4, 122-128

Abstract: Introduction: Count regression models with one mode at zero in the outcome variable are often seen in medical research. In this study, we aim to analyze infants’ age of hospital admission using count models and discuss potential problems when dealing with excess zeros.

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Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/BBOAJ.2017.03.555620

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