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Table 8 Convergence rates of regression models fitted on data generated with ZIP regression model

From: A comparison of statistical methods for modeling count data with an application to hospital length of stay

Sample Size

Proportion of Zeros

Poisson

NB

ZIP

ZINB

50

0.1

100.0%

98.4%

100.0%

96.8%

0.3

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

97.9%

0.5

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

96.0%

0.7

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

95.0%

200

0.1

100.0%

99.9%

100.0%

95.6%

0.3

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

98.3%

0.5

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

96.7%

0.7

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

94.4%

600

0.1

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

95.0%

0.3

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

97.4%

0.5

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

97.9%

0.7

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

94.9%

1000

0.1

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

95.2%

0.3

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

99.4%

0.5

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

96.2%

0.7

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

95.0%