Joint Estimation of Incidence and Diagnostic Error Rates from Irregular Longitudinal Data
不规则纵向数据中发生率与诊断误差率的联合估计
Longitudinal studies often involve the repeated diagnosis across time of each patient's status with respect to a progressive categorical process. When the occurrence of a change in status is not readily apparent, two factors can make modeling and assessing the incidence rates of progression difficult. First, because diagnoses may be difficult, they may not be performed with the frequency necessary to pinpoint exact times of incidence. Second, uncertainty in the diagnostic…