A double-nonparametric procedure for estimating the number of delay-reported cases

被引：7

作者：

Lin, Huazhen ^{[2
]}

Yip, Paul S. F. ^{[1
]}

Huggins, Richard M. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Hong Kong, Ctr Suicide Res & Prevent, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

[2] Sichuan Univ, Sch Math, Chengdu 610064, Peoples R China

[3] Univ Melbourne, Dept Math & Stat, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

来源：

STATISTICS IN MEDICINE | 2008年 / 27卷 / 17期

关键词：

double nonparametric; Hong Kong; local polynomial; reverse time transformation; reporting delay; suicide;

D O I：

10.1002/sim.3183

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

This paper proposes a double-nonparametric procedure to estimate the population size for reporting delay data without the specification of the incidence function and the delay distribution function. Asymptotic results of the proposed estimator are given. Simulation studies show that the proposed procedure works better than the existing estimating procedures. The method has been applied to a suicide reporting system in Hong Kong for improving monitoring and Surveillance purposes. Copyright (c) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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页码：3325 / 3339

页数：15