Multilevel modelling of clustered grouped survival data using Cox regression model: An application to ART dental restorations

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 447-457

  Wong, May C M ^a   Lam, K F ^a   Lo, Edward C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Clustered grouped survival data; Cox regression; Multilevel modelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTAL RESEARCH; DENTAL SURGERY; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOLAR TOOTH; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 31744448992     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2235     Document Type: Article

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