Multi-State Models for Panel Data: The msm Package for R

Panel data are observations of a continuous-time process at arbitrary times, for example, visits to a hospital to diagnose disease status. Multi-state models for such data are generally based on the Markov assumption. This article reviews the range of Markov models and their extensions which can be...

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Main Author: Christopher H. Jackson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Foundation for Open Access Statistics 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Statistical Software
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Online Access:http://www.jstatsoft.org/v38/i08/paper