The Cox model is better than the Fine and Gray model when estimating relative revision risks from arthroplasty register data
Background and purpose — Analysis of the revision-free survival of knee and hip prostheses has traditionally been performed using Kaplan–Meier analysis and Cox regression. The competing risk problem that is related to patients who die during follow-up has recently been increasingly discussed, not le...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2017-11-01
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Series: | Acta Orthopaedica |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2017.1361130 |