Discussion of "A Risk-Based Measure of Time-Varying Prognostic Discrimination for Survival Models," by C. Jason Liang and Patrick J. Heagerty

Layla Parast, Carolyn M. Rutter

ResearchPosted on rand.org Jan 10, 2017Published in: Biometrics, 2016

This article discusses a proposed risk-based measure of time-varying discrimination for determining the value of predictors in time-to-event models. The discussion focuses on use of the proposed method to determine the added value of intermediate event information for improving prediction of long-term outcomes and an alternative approach for confidence interval estimation.

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  • Copyright: The International Biometric Society
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2016
  • Pages: 3
  • Document Number: EP-66773

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