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  • Biostatistics
  • Survival Analysis
  • Statistical Modeling

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  • Child survival in India's Empowered Action Group (EAG) states exhibits significant heterogeneity.
  • Existing survival models may not adequately capture inter-state variations in child mortality data.
  • Addressing cluster-specific effects is crucial for accurate survival time analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel frailty model incorporating change points and random effects for survival data.
  • To develop an algorithm for estimating change points and random effects distribution parameters.
  • To demonstrate the model's utility using child survival data from India's EAG states.

Main Methods:

  • Application of random effects to a Cox proportional hazard model.
  • Estimation of model parameters using the expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm.
  • Development of an extended algorithm for estimating change points in frailty models.
  • Validation through simulation studies and re-analysis of Indian EAG states' survival data.

Main Results:

  • The proposed frailty model with change points demonstrated higher accuracy compared to models without random effects.
  • The model effectively estimates change points and random effect distribution parameters.
  • Simulation studies confirmed the model's robust performance across different scenarios.
  • Re-analysis highlighted the impact of accounting for heterogeneity.

Conclusions:

  • The novel frailty model with change points is a valuable tool for analyzing survival data with inherent heterogeneity.
  • Incorporating random effects significantly improves the accuracy of survival analysis.
  • The model's absence of heterogeneity did not negatively impact regression parameter estimation.