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A Bayesian multilevel time-varying framework for joint modeling of hospitalization and survival in patients on dialysis.

Abstract: Over 782,000 individuals in the U.S. have end-stage kidney disease with about 72% of patients on dialysis, a life-sustaining treatment. Dialysis patients experience high mortality and frequent hospitalizations, at about twice per year. These poor outcomes are exacerbated at key time periods, such as the fragile period after transition to dialysis. In order to...