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Application of multistate models in hospital epidemiology: Advances and challenges
Author(s) -
Beyersmann Jan,
Wolkewitz Martin,
Allignol Arthur,
Grambauer Nadine,
Schumacher Martin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.201000146
Subject(s) - epidemiology , censoring (clinical trials) , medicine , survival analysis , clinical epidemiology , computer science , surgery , pathology
Survival analysis has established itself as a major statistical technique in medical research. Applications in hospital epidemiology, however, are only beginning to emerge. One reason for this delay is that usually complete follow‐up of patients in hospital is feasible. This overview discusses where survival techniques provide additional insight into hospital epidemiology, and where they are, in fact, needed even in the absence of right‐censoring.