MULTI-STATE MODELS FOR INTERVAL CENSORED DATA WITH COMPETING RISK

MULTI-STATE MODELS FOR INTERVAL CENSORED DATA WITH COMPETING RISK

Multi-state models are often used to evaluate the effect of death as a competing event to the development of dementia in a longitudinal study of the cognitive status of elderly subjects. In this dissertation, both multi-state Markov model and semi-Markov model are used to characterize the flow of su...

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Main Author: Wei, Shaoceng
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2015
Subjects:
multi-state Markov chain
competing event
Nun Study
semi-Markov model
Cause-specific hazard
Local EM algorithm
Applied Statistics
Biostatistics
Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/statistics_etds/10
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=statistics_etds

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http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=statistics_etds

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