Survival extrapolation using the poly-Weibull model

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 287-301

  Demiris, Nikolaos ^a   Lunn, David ^b   Sharples, Linda D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian survival analysis; heart lung transplantation; life years gained; poly Weibull models; survival extrapolation; WinBUGS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COLD ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; POLY WEIBULL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX SURGERY; ALGORITHM; BIOSTATISTICS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; MORTALITY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOSTATISTICS; COLD ISCHEMIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84928480193     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280211419645     Document Type: Article

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