Regional variation in relative survival-quantifying the effects of the competing risks of death by using a cure fraction model with random effects

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 175-190

  Seppä, Karri ^a,b   Hakulinen, Timo ^a   Läärä, Esa ^b  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competing risks; Cure fraction model; Random effects; Regional variation; Relative survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890889400     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssc.12034     Document Type: Article

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