Competing risk models to estimate the excess mortality and the first recurrent-event hazards

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In medical research, one common competing risks situation is the study of different types of events, such as disease recurrence and death. We focused on that situation but considered death under two aspects: "expected death"...

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Main Authors: Remontet Laurent, Belot Aurélien, Launoy Guy, Jooste Valérie, Giorgi Roch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-05-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/11/78