Applicability of multiplicative and additive hazards regression models in survival analysis

Background: Survival analysis is sometimes called time-to-event analysis. The Cox model is used widely in survival analysis, where the covariates act multiplicatively on unknown baseline hazards. However, the Cox model requires the proportionality assumption, which limits its applications. The addit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sarker, Sabuj
Other Authors: Pahwa, Punam
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2011
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Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-04082011-154713/