Analyzing Competing Risk Data Using the R timereg Package

In this paper we describe flexible competing risks regression models using the comp.risk() function available in the timereg package for R based on Scheike et al. (2008). Regression models are specified for the transition probabilities, that is the cumulative incidence in the competing risks setting...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thomas H. Scheike, Mei-Jie Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Foundation for Open Access Statistics 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Statistical Software
Subjects:
R
Online Access:http://www.jstatsoft.org/v38/i02/paper