3 papers
stat.AP2022
Considerations in Bayesian agent-based modeling for the analysis of COVID-19 data
Seungha Um, Samrachana Adhikari
Agent-based model (ABM) has been widely used to study infectious disease transmission by simulating behaviors and interactions of autonomous individuals called agents. In the ABM,…
stat.AP2018
Nonparametric Bayesian Instrumental Variable Analysis: Evaluating Heterogeneous Effects of Coronary Arterial Access Site Strategies
Samrachana Adhikari, Sherri Rose, Sharon-Lise Normand
Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) are nonsurgical procedures to open blocked blood vessels to the heart, frequently using a catheter to place a stent. The catheter can be…
stat.AP2017
Regularization and Hierarchical Prior Distributions for Adjustment with Health Care Claims Data: Rethinking Comorbidity Scores
Jacob Spertus, Samrachana Adhikari, Sharon-Lise Normand
Health care claims data refer to information generated from interactions within health systems. They have been used in health services research for decades to assess effectiveness…