Bayesian random-effects threshold regression with application to survival data with nonproportional hazards

Biostatistics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-126

  Pennell, Michael L ^a   Whitmore, G A ^b   Ting Lee, Mei Ling ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methodology; Nonproportional hazards; Random effects; Survival analysis; Threshold regression; Wiener process

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOSTATISTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; ULCER;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOSTATISTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MARKOV CHAINS; MELANOMA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULCER;

EID: 72649106104     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxp041     Document Type: Article

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