Bayesian semiparametric analysis of semicompeting risks data: Investigating hospital readmission after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis

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

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 253-273

  Lee, Kyu Ha ^a   Haneuse, Sebastien ^a   Schrag, Deborah ^b   Dominici, Francesca ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian survival analysis; Illness death models; Reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo methods; Semicompeting risks; Shared frailty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920993754     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssc.12078     Document Type: Article

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