Bias and precision of methods for estimating the difference in restricted mean survival time from an individual patient data meta-analysis

Abstract Background The difference in restricted mean survival time ( rmstD t ∗ $$ rmstD\left({t}^{\ast}\right) $$ ), the area between two survival curves up to time horizon t ∗ $$ {t}^{\ast } $$ , is often used in cost-effectiveness analyses to estimate the treatment effect in randomized controlled...

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Main Authors: Béranger Lueza, Federico Rotolo, Julia Bonastre, Jean-Pierre Pignon, Stefan Michiels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-03-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-016-0137-z