Survival Analysis
An approach to modeling the time to the occurrence of discrete outcomes that accounts for censoring. A variety of methods for conducting survival analysis exist, some of which are parametric, semi-parametric, or non-parametric.
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Further Reading
Dowd, B. and R. Town. Does X Really Cause Y? September 2002. Available at
http://www.academyhealth.org/files/FileDownloads/DoesXCauseY.pdf
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Maciejewski, M. et al. ''Common Methodological Terms in Health Services Research and Their Symptoms.''
Medical Care
Vol. 40, No. 6, 2002, pp.477-484.