A SAS macro for direct adjusted survival curves based on Aalen's additive model

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 310-317

  Zhang, Xu ^a   Akcin, Haci ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aalen's model; Additive hazards model; Direct adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE HAZARDS; ADDITIVE MODELS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COVARIATES; DIRECT ADJUSTMENT; SAS MACRO; STANDARD ERRORS; SURVIVAL CURVES; TIME VARYING; TREATMENT EFFECTS; TREATMENT GROUP;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

AALEN ADDITIVE MODEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SAS MACRO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865740536     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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