Cox Regression with Covariates Missing Not at Random

Statistics in Biosciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-222

  Cook, Victoria J ^a   Hu, X Joan ^b   Swartz, Tim B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Event time; Missing data; Semiparametric estimation; Sensitivity analysis; Supplementary information

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COVARIATE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MISSING NOT AT RANDOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80955160004     PISSN: 18671764     EISSN: 18671772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12561-010-9031-0     Document Type: Article

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