ABSTRACT
Event history analysis deals with data obtained by observing individuals over time focusing on events occurring for the individuals. Thus, typical outcome data consist of times of occurrence of events and of the types of events which occurred. Frequently, an event may be considered as a transition from one state to another and, therefore,multistate models (MSM) will often provide a relevant modeling framework for event history data. Previous summary papers on multistate models include Hougaard (1999), Commenges (1999), Andersen and Keiding (2002), Putter et al. (2007) and Meira-Machado et al. (2009).
