Topic: States, Transitions and the Markov Assumption

Transient, Recurrent, and Absorbing States

Time Origins and the Markov Assumption

Time-Homogeneous and Time-Inhomogeneous Markov Models

The Markov Property for State Processes

The Three-State Illness-Death Structure

State Aggregation and Hidden Heterogeneity

State Changes Versus Repeated Measurements

State Diagrams for Transplant and Graft Failure

State Occupation Versus Event History

Refining States to Restore the Markov Property