Research Article

A New Type 1 Alpha Power Family of Distributions and Modeling Data with Correlation, Overdispersion, and Zero-Inflation in the Health Data Sets

Table 4

Comparison of the P, ZIP, PN, ZIPN, PG, ZIPG, PNG, and ZIPNG models.

EffectParameterPZIPPN
Estimate (SE.)Estimate (SE.)Estimate (SE.)

Intercept1.840 (0.066)2.179 (0.069)1.238 (0.282)
Slope−0.094 (0.008)−0.089 (0.009)−0.072 (0.009)
Inflation intercept−1.468 (0.163)
Inflation slope0.059 (0.015)
St. dev. RE1.004 (0.100)
Ratio slopes7.046 (2.362)−14.362 (10.644)4.996 (1.654)

−2logL6710.65815.14058.4
AIC6718.65827.14068.4
BIC6737.95856.04078.8

EffectParameterZIPNPGZIPG
Estimate (SE.)Estimate (SE.)Estimate (SE.)

Intercept1.447 (0.271)1.859 (0.177)1.801 (0.179)
Slope−0.076 (0.056)−0.096 (0.017)−0.086 (0.018)
NB parameter0.648 (0.040)1.479 (0.106)
St. dev. nonzero RE0.944 (0.436)
Correlation RE−0.055 (0.217)
St. dev. zero part RE2.012 (1.321)
Inflation intercept−3.922 (0.663)−7.691 (2.138)
Inflation slope0.091 (0.035)0.317 (0.113)
Ratio slopes16.795 (17.459)7.663 (6.334)11.501 (16.602)
Inverse NB parameter1.543 (0.096)0.676 (0.048)

−2logL3742.24072.84070.8
AIC3760.24082.84084.8
BIC3778.94106.94118.5

EffectParameterPNGZIPNG
Estimate (SE.)Estimate (SE.)

Intercept1.096 (0.295)1.294 (0.287)
Slope−0.050 (0.013)−0.058 (0.031)
NB parameter2.648 (0.282)0.208 (0.028)
St. dev. nonzero RE0.967 (0.441)
Correlation RE0.088 (0.149)
St. dev. zero part RE2.364 (1.658)
Inflation intercept−4.744 (0.691)
Inflation slope0.072 (0.034)
St. dev. RE0.991 (0.102)
Ratio slopes2.016 (0.822)3.433 (1.650)
Inverse NB parameter0.378 (0.377)4.820 (0.641)

−2logL3550.23487.3
AIC3562.23507.3
BIC3574.63528.1

The table summarizes the parameter estimates and standard errors (SE.) together with model comparison criteria results. The significant parameters are identified by and the slope is for covariate time.