Survival Analysis Using a Scale Change Random Effects Model
尺度变换随机效应模型的生存分析
Frailty models are effective in broadening the class of survival models and inducing dependence in multivariate survival distributions. In proportional hazards, the random effect multiplies the hazard function. The scale-change model incorporates unobserved heterogeneity through a random effect that enters the baseline hazard function to change the time scale. We interpret this random effect as frailty, or other unobserved risks that create heterogeneity in the population.…