Proportional cause-specific reversed hazards model |
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Authors: | P.G. Sankaran S. Anjana |
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Affiliation: | Department of Statistics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin 682 022, India |
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Abstract: | The proportional reversed hazards model explains the multiplicative effect of covariates on the baseline reversed hazard rate function of lifetimes. In the present study, we introduce a proportional cause-specific reversed hazards model. The proposed regression model facilitates the analysis of failure time data with multiple causes of failure under left censoring. We estimate the regression parameters using a partial likelihood approach. We provide Breslow's type estimators for the cumulative cause-specific reversed hazard rate functions. Asymptotic properties of the estimators are discussed. Simulation studies are conducted to assess their performance. We illustrate the applicability of the proposed model using a real data set. |
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Keywords: | cause-specific reversed hazard rate functions proportional reversed hazards model left censoring competing risks |
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