varHaz.fixed {mstate}

Upgrade the varHaz object

Description

A function that upgrades varHaz from the msfit object where the variances are estimated using the Greenwood estimator; it is further assumed that variances for the population hazards are equal to zero.

Usage

varHaz.fixed(varHaz, link_trans, varHaz_original)

Arguments

varHaz

The varHaz object (present in a msfit object).

link_trans

A list that gives the linkage between the original and upgraded transition matrix.

varHaz_original

The original varHaz object from msfit (without the eventual time conversion).

Value

Return the upgraded varHaz object containing variances for the split transitions.

Author(s)

Damjan Manevski [e-mail]