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Competing risks in epidemiology: possibilities and pitfalls
International Journal of Epidemiology · 2012 · Vol. 41(3) · pp. 861–870
Per Kragh Andersen(University of Copenhagen)Ronald B. Geskus(Academic Medical Center)Théo de Witte(Radboud University Nijmegen)Hein Putter✉(Leiden University Medical Center)
Abstract
The two implications of the loss of one-to-one correspondence between cause-specific hazard and cumulative incidence should be kept in mind when deciding on how to make inference in a competing risks situation.
Advanced Causal Inference TechniquesLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentStatistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceCovariateCumulative incidenceProportional hazards modelContext (archaeology)HazardHazard ratioInferenceEpidemiologyCumulative riskMedicine
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HumansModels, TheoreticalMortalitySurvival AnalysisEpidemiologic StudiesRisk Assessment
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