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Survival Analysis

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Evidence-Based Otolaryngology

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Abstract

Survival analysis is concerned with time to the occurrence of an event, such as death, recurrence or disease, or failure of an implanted medical device. Computing only the overall proportion surviving the event neglects the important aspect of time. We need a measure that accounts not only for whether patients die, but also for when they die. In other words, we want to look at the pattern of dying over time.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    Sandra S. Stinnett PhD (Assistant Research Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Assistant Research Professor of Ophthalmology)

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  1. Harvard Program in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Jennifer J. Shin MD

  2. Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Christopher J. Hartnick MD, MSE

  3. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Gregory W. Randolph MD (Pediatric Otolaryngology) (Pediatric Otolaryngology)

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Stinnett, S.S. (2008). Survival Analysis. In: Shin, J.J., et al. Evidence-Based Otolaryngology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49979-6_25

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