Two-level spatially structured models in spatio-temporal disease mapping.
Stat Methods Med Res
; 25(4): 1080-100, 2016 08.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27566767
This work focuses on extending some classical spatio-temporal models in disease mapping. The objective is to present a family of flexible models to analyze real data naturally organized in two different levels of spatial aggregation like municipalities within health areas or provinces, or counties within states. Model fitting and inference will be carried out using integrated nested Laplace approximations. The performance of the new models compared to models including a single spatial random effect is assessed by simulation. Results show good behavior of the proposed two-level spatially structured models in terms of several criteria. Brain cancer mortality data in the municipalities of two regions in Spain will be analyzed using the new model proposals. It will be shown that a model with two-level spatial random effects overcomes the usual single-level models.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Encefálicas
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Análisis Espacio-Temporal
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Stat Methods Med Res
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
España
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido