Adesina, Olumide S and Agunbiade, D.A and Oguntunde, P.E. and Adesina, Tolulope (2021) Models for Zero Truncated Count Data in Medicine and Insurance. In: Theory and Practice of Mathematics and Computer Science Vol. 6, 6. BP International, pp. 129-141.
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Abstract
It is important to fit count data with suitable model(s), models such as Poisson Regression, Quassi Poisson, Negative Binomial, to mention but a few have been adopted by researchers to fit zero truncated count data in the past. In recent times, dedicated models for fitting zero truncated count data have been developed, and they are considered sufficient. This study proposed Bayesian multi-level Poisson and Bayesian multi-level Geometric model, Bayesian Monte Carlo Markov Chain Generalized linear Mixed Models (MCMCglmms) of zero truncated Poisson and MCMCglmms Poisson regression model to fit health count data that is truncated at zero. Data of visits to visit to the doctor of patients under National Health Insurance Scheme in Nigeria was obtained and used to fit the models. Suitable model selection criteria were used to determine preferred models for fitting zero truncated data. Results obtained showed that Bayesian multi-level Poisson outperformed Bayesian multi-level Poisson Geometric model; also MCMCglmms of zero truncated Poisson outperformed MCMCglmms Poisson.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HA Statistics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Mathematics |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Tolulope Adesina (Oladeji) |
| Date Deposited: | 22 May 2021 20:00 |
| Last Modified: | 22 May 2021 20:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/14126 |
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