Accounting for model uncertainty in estimating global burden of disease

• Main Authors: David M Vock (Author), Elizabeth A Atchison (Author), Julie M Legler (Author), David RJ McClure (Author), Jamie C Carlyle (Author), Elysia N Jeavons (Author), Anthony H Burton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To illustrate the effects of failing to account for model uncertainty when modelling is used to estimate the global burden of disease, with specific application to childhood deaths from rotavirus infection. METHODS: To estimate the global burden of rotavirus infection, different random-ef...