Analysis of longitudinal data with irregular, outcome-dependent follow-up

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 791-813

  Lin, Haiqun ^a   Scharfstein, Daniel O ^b   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Counting process; Drop out; Health service evaluation; Intermittent missingness; Longitudinal data; Non gaussian data; Semiparametric estimators; Sequential ignorability; Visit process; Weighted generalized estimating equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543037601     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2004.b5543.x     Document Type: Article

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