Time to Event Analysis: An Introduction

In this podcast episode, the hosts discuss time to event analysis, also known as survival analysis. The analysis compares the rate at which patients experience different outcomes, such as positive or adverse events. One challenge in analyzing this type of data is that patients may be followed for different periods of time or may be lost to follow-up. Survival data can arise in various forms in medicine, reflecting the time until a patient experiences an event, whether positive or adverse. The key point is that even if an event is not observed during the follow-up period, the fact that the event didn't occur provides valuable information.