A joint frailty model for survival and gap times between recurrent events

Biometrics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 389-397

  Huang, Xuelin ^a   Liu, Lei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease free survival; EM algorithm; MCMC simulation; Recurrent event; Semicompeting risks; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RISK ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS APPROACH; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EM ALGORITHMS; FRAILTY MODELS; GAP TIME; MCMC SIMULATION; RECURRENT EVENTS; SEMICOMPETING RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGORITHM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE; DISEASE TREATMENT; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; JOINT FRAILTY MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547653644     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2006.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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