The whole point of -stpiece- is that the baseline hazard (the constant)
changes over time. This is parameterized in such a way that the
constant in the first period is the coefficient of tp1, in the second
period the coefficient of tp2, etc.
Hope this helps,
Maarten
--- Chiara Mussida <[email protected]> wrote:
> is there a way to make stata show the coef for the constant term in a
> piecewise constant hazard model: command stpiece??
> i really need to get this value sonce it could give me insights on my
> omitted (or base) category!
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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