Applied Survival Analysis: Regression Modeling of Time-to-Event Data, 2nd Edition

Preface xi

1. Introduction to Regression Modeling of Survival Data 1

2. Descriptive Methods for Survival Data 16

3. Regression Models for Survival Data 67

4. Interpretation of a Fitted Proportional Hazards Regression Model 92

5. Model Development 132

6. Assessment of Model Adequacy 169

7. Extensions of the Proportional Hazards Model 207

8. Parametric Regression Models 244

9. Other Models and Topics 286

Appendix 1: The Delta Method 355

Appendix 2: An Introduction to the Counting Process Approach to Survival Analysis 359

Appendix 3: Percentiles for Computation of the Hall and Wellner Confidence Band 364

References 365

Index 383