Survival analysis of under-five mortality using Cox and frailty models in Ethiopia
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Survival analysis of under-five mortality using Cox and frailty models in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND The risk of a child dying before reaching 5 years of age is highest in sub-Saharan African countries. But in Ethiopia, under-five mortality rates have shown a substantial decline. METHODS For this study, the Cox regression model for fixed and time-dependent explanatory variables was studied for under-five mortality in Ethiopia. We adapted survival analysis using the Cox regression ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2072-1315
DOI: 10.1186/s41043-017-0103-3