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ArticleStatistics in medicine2021

Investigation of patient-sharing networks using a Bayesian network model selection approach for congruence class models.

Ravi Goyal, Victor De Gruttola

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Article in Statistics in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Ravi GoyalHealth Unit, Mathematica, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0358-2435
Victor De GruttolaDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2772-6242

Funding

Primary Infection Resource Consortium (PIRC)R24AI106039 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI LITTLE, SUSAN JANET · 2013 to 2021
$23.1M
Bridging Statistical Inference and Mechanistic Network Models for HIV/AIDSR01AI138901 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI Ravi Goyal, Jukka-Pekka Onnela · 2019 to 2026
$3.4M
Methods to Advance the HIV Prevention Research AgendaR37AI051164 · NIAID · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI DEGRUTTOLA, VICTOR GERARD · 2012 to 2019
$3.3M
Modeling and simulation tools for optimizing design of network-informed clinical trials of combination HIV prevention interventionsR01AI147441 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GOYAL, RAVI · 2019 to 2022
$2.1M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI138901NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI147441NIAID NIH HHS R24 AI106039NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI051164
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Abstract

A Bayesian approach to conduct network model selection is presented for a general class of network models referred to as the congruence class models (CCMs). CCMs form a broad class that includes as special cases several common network models, such as the Erdős-Rényi-Gilbert model, stochastic block model, and many exponential random graph models. Due to the range of models that can be specified as CCMs, our proposed method is better able to select models consistent with generative mechanisms associated with observed networks than are current approaches. In addition, our approach allows for incorporation of prior information. We illustrate the use of this approach to select among several different proposed mechanisms for the structure of patient-sharing networks; such networks have been found to be associated with the cost and quality of medical care. We found evidence in support of heterogeneity in sociality but not selective mixing by provider type or degree.

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PMID33811360
PMCPMC8207989

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