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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Main Authors: Jonas Ranstam, Otto Robertsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-11-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2017.1361130