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In this article, we propose an additive-multiplicative rates model for recurrent event data in the presence of a terminal event such as death. The association between recurrent and terminal events is nonparametric. For inference on the model parameters, estimating equation approaches are developed, and the asymptotic properties of the resulting estimators are established. The finite sample behavior of the proposed estimators is evaluated through simulation studies, and an application to a bladder cancer study is provided.
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Sun, L., Kang, F. An additive-multiplicative rates model for recurrent event data with informative terminal event. Lifetime Data Anal 19, 117–137 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10985-012-9228-2
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