The restricted cubic spline hazard model

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 639-663

  Herndon, James E ^a   Harrell, Frank E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

efficiency; hazard function; Kaplan Meier estimator; parametric; regression spline; survival distribution; survival function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963288724     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: 1532415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610929008830224     Document Type: Article

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