title: A semi-Markov model for the average length of stay in transient states and its application.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology that can be used to study the length of stay distribution of the patient in various states of the disease. The treatment data on cancer of cervix patients are used to illustrate its application.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John, Canada.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Jain
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008390:Markov Chains; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011336:Probability; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology