Modeling repeated time-to-event health conditions with discontinuous risk intervals: An example of a longitudinal study of functional disability among older persons

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-116

  Guo, Z ^a   Gill, T M ^a   Allore, Heather G ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data structure; Disability; Modeling; Recurrent event

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WALKING;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERIODICITY; RECURRENCE; RISK;

EID: 41149145616     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME0478     Document Type: Article

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