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SUBMITTER: Kim S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6647832 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biometrics 20170803 2
We propose a C-index (index of concordance) applicable to recurrent event data. The present work addresses the dearth of measures for quantifying a regression model's ability to discriminate with respect to recurrent event risk. The data which motivated the methods arise from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS), a long-running prospective international study of end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis. We derive the theoretical properties of the measure under the pr ...[more]