Analysis of recurrent events with non-negligible event duration, with application to assessing hospital utilization

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-233

  Hu, X Joan ^a   Lorenzi, Maria ^a,b   Spinelli, John J ^b   Ying, S Celes ^c   McBride, Mary L ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c ABBOTT VASCULAR   (United States)

Author keywords

Proportional intensity; Semiparametric regression; Stratified Cox regression model; Time dependent covariates; Time dependent stratification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951945314     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10985-010-9183-8     Document Type: Article

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