Joint modelling of repeated measurements and time-to-event outcomes: Flexible model specification and exact likelihood inference

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 131-148

  Barrett, Jessica ^a   Diggle, Peter ^b,d   Henderson, Robin ^c   Taylor Robinson, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Dropout; Joint modelling; Repeated measurements; Skew normal distribution; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917682890     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssb.12060     Document Type: Article

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