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Methods for checking the Markov condition in multi-state survival data

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  • Gustavo Soutinho

    (Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto (ISPUP))

  • Luís Meira-Machado

    (University of Minho - School of Sciences)

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The inference in multi-state models is traditionally performed under a Markov assumption that claims that past and future of the process are independent given the present state. This assumption has an important role in the estimation of the transition probabilities. When the multi-state model is Markovian, the Aalen–Johansen estimator gives consistent estimators of the transition probabilities but this is no longer the case when the process is non-Markovian. Usually, this assumption is checked including covariates depending on the history. Since the landmark methods of the transition probabilities are free of the Markov assumption, they can also be used to introduce such tests by measuring their discrepancy to Markovian estimators. In this paper, we introduce tests for the Markov assumption and compare them with the usual approach based on the analysis of covariates depending on history through simulations. The methods are also compared with more recent and competitive approaches. Three real data examples are included for illustration of the proposed methods.

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  • Gustavo Soutinho & Luís Meira-Machado, 2022. "Methods for checking the Markov condition in multi-state survival data," Computational Statistics, Springer, vol. 37(2), pages 751-780, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:compst:v:37:y:2022:i:2:d:10.1007_s00180-021-01139-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s00180-021-01139-7
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