Fitting smooth-in-time prognostic risk functions via logistic regression

International Journal of Biostatistics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hanley, James A ^a   Miettinen, Olli S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cox regression; Logistic regression; Prognosis; Risk function; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 62549111719     PISSN: 15574679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1557-4679.1125     Document Type: Article

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