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A transition rate model for first admissions to psychiatric institutions

✍ Scribed by Albertine J. Oldehinkel


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
87 KB
Volume
18
Category
Article
ISSN
0277-6715

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✦ Synopsis


This paper describes the application of a parametric transition rate model, the generalized log-logistic model, to the duration of first admissions to psychiatric institutions. The final model included diagnosis, gender, age, living conditions and year of admission as covariates. Characteristics of the log-logistic model are described extensively. Parametric transition models offer challenging and promising possibilities to model duration of hospital stay.


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