Data analysis with competing risks and intermediate states / Ronald B. Geskus, Academic Medical Center and Public Health Service of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geskus, Ronald Bertus, 1962- author.

Series:

Chapman & Hall/CRC biostatistics series.

Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Competing risks.

Intermediate state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Data Analysis with Competing Risks and Intermediate States explains when and how to use models and techniques for the analysis of competing risks and intermediate states. It covers the most recent insights on estimation techniques and discusses in detail how to interpret the obtained results.After introducing example studies from the biomedical and epidemiological fields, the book formally defines the concepts that play a role in analyses with competing risks and intermediate states. It addresses nonparametric estimation of the relevant quantities. The book then shows how to use a stacked data

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Author; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Basic Concepts; Chapter 2: Competing Risks; Nonparametric Estimation; Chapter 3: Intermediate Events; Nonparametric Estimation; Chapter 4: Regression; Cause-Speci c/Transition Hazard; Chapter 5: Regression; Translation to Cumulative Scale; Chapter 6: Epilogue; Back Cover

Notes:

A Chapman and Hall book.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 18, 2015).

ISBN:

1-04-005503-6

0-429-07200-7

1-4665-7036-9

9780429072000

OCLC:

913515795