Table 2.

Posterior summaries for selected parameters for the Gamma/Beta and log-Normal/Beta models, assuming zero at random.

Parameter	Gamma/Beta model				Log-Normal/Beta model
	Mean	SD	95% interval		Mean	SD	95% interval
β00 (intercept)	− 2.70	0.53	− 3.88	− 1.78	− 2.68	0.53	− 3.86	− 1.78
β10 (age)	− 0.03	0.04	− 0.10	0.05	− 0.03	0.04	− 0.10	0.05
β20 (sex)	0.63	0.57	− 0.47	1.8	0.62	0.60	− 0.48	1.88
β30 (stage)	0.09	0.61	− 1.15	1.20	0.06	0.59	− 1.05	1.26
β40 (QALY)	− 1.61	0.50	− 2.70	− 0.73	− 1.58	0.51	− 2.72	− 0.72
p0	0.07	0.03	0.02	0.14	0.07	0.03	0.02	0.14
ψ00	4104.42	556.05	3159.00	5370.27	4322.24	467.200	3342.10	5193.25
μc0	3817.95	537.16	2905.75	4989.01	4014.76	467.52	3068.24	4903.59
μe0	0.21	0.02	0.12	0.25	0.21	0.02	0.18	0.25
β01 (intercept)	− 3.86	0.66	− 5.34	− 2.73	− 3.85	0.67	− 5.31	− 2.73
β11 (age)	− 0.09	0.09	− 0.28	0.12	− 0.09	0.10	− 0.27	0.10
β21 (sex)	− 0.35	0.99	− 2.23	1.63	− 0.27	0.94	− 2.16	1.73
β31 (stage)	0.61	1.13	− 1.43	3.21	0.63	1.12	− 1.24	3.15
β41 (QALY)	− 0.12	0.31	− 0.81	0.39	− 0.14	0.31	− 0.88	0.37
p1	0.02	0.01	0.00	0.06	0.02	0.01	0.00	0.06
ψ10	10376.91	1035.29	8550.78	12571.45	9320.26	710.00	7777.58	10659.33
μc1	10119.80	1022.73	8367.69	12329.24	9086.38	701.03	7594.49	10362.48
μe1	0.23	0.02	0.19	0.27	0.22	0.02	0.19	0.26