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Survival Analysis
Survival analysis is used when we want to model how much time passes before something happens. It is typically used in health contexts when we are looking to see if a drug or intervention prevents an adverse event from occurring. Before we begin with examples of survival analysis, let’s define some terms first.
Event: Outcome, situation, or “event” you are interested in tracking in your study.
Follow-up: “Lost to follow-up” is a term used in medical data. It means that the patient stopped “following up” to the visits. This can mean that the patient just stopped showing up, or the patient has died Usually, in this context, death is the “event” of interest.
Censoring: Unsure of the status for a particular observation. This ...
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