Ignoring competing events in the analysis of survival data may lead to biased results: a nonmathematical illustration of competing risk analysis
Noah A. Schuster, Emiel O. Hoogendijk, Almar A. L. Kok, Jos W. R. Twisk, Martijn W. Heymans
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Censoring (clinical trials)Proportional hazards modelCumulative incidenceSurvival analysisMedicineHazardHazard ratioRegression analysisEpidemiologyEvent (particle physics)Incidence (geometry)Longitudinal dataKaplan–Meier estimatorStatisticsEconometricsDemographyInternal medicineConfidence intervalCohortMathematicsPathologyPhysicsQuantum mechanicsChemistrySociologyGeometryOrganic chemistryStatistical Methods and InferenceAdvanced Causal Inference TechniquesHealth disparities and outcomes