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Investigative Techniques > Epidemiologic Methods > Statistics as Topic > Survival Analysis
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Methods > Statistics as Topic > Survival Analysis
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Methods > Statistics as Topic > Survival Analysis
Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Methods > Statistics as Topic > Survival Analysis
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Quality of Health Care > Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms > Statistics as Topic > Survival Analysis
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Quality of Health Care > Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms > Statistics as Topic > Survival Analysis
Natural Science Disciplines > Mathematics > Statistics as Topic > Survival Analysis

Preferred term

Survival Analysis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A class of statistical procedures for estimating the survival function (function of time, starting with a population 100% well at a given time and providing the percentage of the population still well at later times). The survival analysis is then used for making inferences about the effects of treatments, prognostic factors, exposures, and other covariates on the function.

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Entry terms

  • Analysis, Survival

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