A comparison of the hierarchical likelihood and Bayesian approaches to spatial epidemiological modelling

MJ Jang, Y Lee, AB Lawson, WJ Browne

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Abstract

Recently Bayesian methods have been widely used in disease mapping. Hierarchical (h-) likelihood methods allow reliable likelihood inference in random-effect models and it is therefore interesting to compare h-likelihood and Bayesian methods. For comparison we consider three examples: low birth weight and cancer mortality data in South Carolina and lip cancer data in Scotland. Mean estimates from both h-likelihood and Bayesian approaches are almost identical, while variance-component estimates can be somewhat different, depending upon choice of priors.
Translated title of the contributionA comparison of the hierarchical likelihood and Bayesian approaches to spatial epidemiological modelling
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)809 - 821
Number of pages13
JournalEnvironmetrics
Volume18 (7)
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2007

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Publisher: Wiley

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