Quantifying the predictive accuracy of time-to-event models in the presence of competing risks

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-112

  Schoop, Rotraut ^a,b   Beyersmann, Jan ^a,b   Schumacher, Martin ^b   Binder, Harald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brier score; IPCW; Prediction error; Quadratic loss

Indexed keywords

ERROR STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRIER SCORE; COMPETING RISKS; EVENT MODEL; IPCW; PREDICTION ERRORS; PREDICTIVE ACCURACY; PROGNOSTIC MODELING; QUADRATIC LOSS; RISK STRATIFICATION; TIME TO EVENTS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 78851470956     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201000073     Document Type: Article

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