Re: Cox Hazard Function Plots

1999-12-15 Thread Juan Ramón Lacalle
The best and most intuitive interpretation of hazard rate and plot I've ever read is in the book by Kleinbaum. The complete reference is: Kleinbaum DG. Survival analysis. A self-learning text. N. York, Springer, 1996. -- --

Cox Hazard Function Plots

1999-12-15 Thread voxx1
Hi - I often use Cox proportional hazards modelling (SPSS)for analyzing patient survival data. Although I know how the hazard function plot is generated I'm not certain how to interpret it and have been ignoring it up until now. I'd appreciate it if anyone could give me a quick explanation of wha