Semiparametric censorship model with covariates

Abstract

In real applications, we may be confronted with the problem of informative censoring. Koziol-Green model is commonly used to model the possible information contained in the informative censoring. However the proportionality assumption cast by Koziol-Green model (see (1.2) below) is "too restrictive in that it limits the scope of the Cox model in practice" (Subramanian, 2000). In this paper, we try to relax the proportionality condition of Koziol-Green model by modeling the censorship semiparametrically. It is shown that our suggested semiparametric censoring model is an applicable extension of the Koziol-Green model. Through a close connection with the logistic regression, our model assumptions are readily to be checked in practice. We also propose estimation for both the regression parameter and the cumulative baseline hazard function which can incorporate the additional information contained in the semiparametric censorship model. Simulations and the analysis of a real dataset confirm the applicability of the suggested model and estimation.