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STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH
卷 18, 期 4, 页码 341-359出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0962280208094701
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- MRC [MC_U105260794] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MC_U105260794] Funding Source: Medline
- Medical Research Council [MC_U105260794] Funding Source: researchfish
Using Bayesian capture-recapture methods, we estimate current injectors in Scotland in 2003, and thereby, injectors' drug-related death rates for the period 2003-2005. Four different data sources are considered [Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) database, hospital admissions, social enquiry reports, and drug misuse database reports by General practices or Drug Treatmeent Agencies] which provide covariate information on sex, region (Greater Glasgow versus elsewhere in Scotland) and age group (15-34 years and 35+ years). We quantified Scotland's current injectors in 2003 at 27,400 (95% highest probability density interval: 20,700-32,100) by incorporating underlying model uncertainty in terms of the possible interactions present between data sources and/or covariates. The posterior probability was 72% that Scotland had more current injectors in 2003 than in 2000. Detailed comparison with 2000 gave evidence of importantly changed numbers of current injectors for different covariate classes. In addition, and of particular social interest, is the estimation' drug-related death rates. Expert information was used to construct upper and lower bounds on the number of drug-related deaths pertaining to injections,which were then used to provide bounds on injectors' drug-related death rates. Failure to incorporate expert inform could result in over-estimation of drug-related death rates for subclasses of injectors.
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