Competing events
Content for the week of Tuesday, March 2, 2021–Thursday, March 4, 2021
Readings
Edwards JK, Hester LL, Gokhale M, et al. Methodologic Issues when Estimating Risks in Pharmacoepidemiology. Current Epidemiology Reports. 2016;3(4):285–296.
Slides
The slides for today’s class are available in the class Teams/Sharepoint folder.
Videos
Recordings of lectures are available on the EPID 722 Sakai site.
Exercise
This week’s exercise is available on the EPID 722 Teams site. Please note that you will need to download the dataset from the data folder. The exercise questions can be found under /Class Materials/Exercises/Exercise 6/Exercise 6.docx. Sample SAS and R code can be found in the same folder.
Optional readings
Below are some additional readings about competing events
“Traditional” readings
- Andersen PK, Geskus RB, de Witte T, Putter H. Competing risks in epidemiology: possibilities and pitfalls. International journal of epidemiology. 2012 Jun 1;41(3):861-70.
“Modern” readings
- Cole SR, Lau B, Eron JJ, Brookhart MA, Kitahata MM, Martin JN, Mathews WC, Mugavero MJ. Estimation of the standardized risk difference and ratio in a competing risks framework: application to injection drug use and progression to AIDS after initiation of antiretroviral therapy. American journal of epidemiology. 2015 Feb 15;181(4):238-45.
Questions
Please use the form below to submit your questions about this week’s reading.