printnew.msm {msm}R Documentation

Print a fitted msm model object

Description

Print a fitted msm model object

Usage

printnew.msm(x, covariates=NULL, digits=4, ...)

Arguments

x

Output from msm, representing a fitted multi-state model object.

covariates

Covariates for which to print “baseline” transition intensities or misclassification probabilities. See qmatrix.msm for more details.

digits

Minimum number of significant digits, passed to format. Defaults to 4.

...

Other arguments to be passed to format.

Details

This is the new method of formatting msm objects for printing. The old method was based on printing lists of matrices, This produced a lot of wasted space for parameters which were zero, and it was difficult to match corresponding numbers between matrices. The new method presents all the transition intensities and covariate effects as a single compact table, and likewise for misclassification matrices.

Also in the old method, covariate effects were presented as log hazard ratios or log odds ratios. The log scale is more convenient mathematically but unnatural for a human to interpret. The new method presents hazard ratios for covariates on transition intensities and odds ratios for misclassification probabilities.

The old method print.msm, is still the default, but the new method is intended to be the default in future versions.

Author(s)

C. H. Jackson chris.jackson@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk

See Also

msm


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