The Price of Kaplan–Meier
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Kaplan–Meier 估计的代价
- 研究问题
- 相对于参数生存模型，Kaplan–Meier 估计在生存曲线点值、均值和限制均值上损失多少效率，这种损失如何随目标而变化？
- 方法与思路
- 作者重新比较非参数估计与指数、Weibull 及更灵活的参数模型，分别考察生存曲线点值和均值类泛函的效率表现。
- 材料陈述的贡献
- 摘要称参数模型维数增加后点值效率差距很快缩小，均值和限制均值的效率损失较小或没有，并强调稀疏数据下拟合判断。
- 阅读关注点
- 应核对删失与尾部条件、均值及限制均值的定义、渐近效率比较的前提，以及摘要中无偏性陈述的适用范围。
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原文摘要
Miller has studied the asymptotic efficiency of the nonparametric, Kaplan–Meier survival estimator relative to parametric estimates based on the exponential and Weibull distributions. He concluded that in certain cases, the asymptotic efficiency is low and recommended that analysts give more consideration to parametric estimators, particularly for estimation of small tail probabilities. In this article we revisit this issue and examine the performance of the nonparametric procedure for estimation not only of a point on the survival curve, but also of the mean (or restricted mean) lifetime. In addition to the exponential and Weibull families, we consider the performance of the Kaplan–Meier procedure relative to a more flexible parametric model proposed by Efron. We find that the reduction in efficiency of the Kaplan–Meier survival estimate becomes negligible fairly quickly as the number of parameters in the parametric model increases. Moreover, for estimation of the mean or restricted mean, the loss in efficiency, even relative to the exponential distribution, is small or nil. We conclude that a parametric estimate of the survival curve may be necessary in certain extreme situations, such as when the sample size is very small. In these cases, careful attention must be given to considering the degree of fit, although with sparse data, this must be assessed from outside sources. For certain functionals of the survival curve, such as the mean or restricted mean, the nonparametric approach is unbiased and entails little or no loss in efficiency, and therefore would generally be preferred over a parametric-based estimate.