Topic: States, Transitions and the Markov Assumption

Modeling Admission, Discharge, and Readmission

Modeling Remission, Relapse, and Death

Multi-State Histories as Sequences of States and Times

Ordered Disease Stages and Progression Structures

Initial States, Entry Rules, and Eligibility

History Dependence in Illness-Death Data

Diagnosing Markov Assumptions From Earlier History

Direct and Indirect Routes to an Endpoint

Drawing and Reading State-Transition Diagrams

Designing a State Space for a Study Question