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Estimating the number and length of episodes in disability using a Markov chain approach

BACKGROUND: Markov models are a key tool for calculating expected time spent in a state, such as active life expectancy and disabled life expectancy. In reality, individuals often enter and exit states recurrently, but standard analytical approaches are not able to describe this dynamic. We develop...

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Autores principales: Dudel, Christian, Myrskylä, Mikko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7389377/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32727599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12963-020-00217-0