st: frailty in parametric models

[James Cui <James.Cui@med.monash.edu.au>]

Dear Statalist,

As we know that the random effects (nu) can be calculated in Cox frailty 
model although the speed is slow for large datasets. However, is there 
is a way to calculate the corresponding random effects in parametric 
survival models?

Any suggestions about speed  improvement in Cox frailty model is also 
appreciated. I am using Stata/SE 10.

Thanks

James.


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James Cui, PhD MMed BSc (Stats)
Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine
Monash University
Alfred Hospital Campus, 89 Commercial Road
Melbourne, Victoria 3004
Australia
Tel: 990 30570
Fax: 990 30556
Email: James.Cui@med.monash.edu.au

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