We present a new SAS macro %PSHREG that can be used to fit a proportional subdistribution hazards (PSH) model (Fine and Gray, 1999) for survival data subject to competing risks. The macro is described in our accompanying publication (Kohl et al, 2015).
References:
Kohl, M., Plischke,M., Leffondré,K., Heinze,G. (2015): "PSHREG: A SAS macro for proportional and nonproportional subdistribution hazards regression", Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine (doi: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2014.11.009)
The macro and its documentation are available at the github repository https://github.com/georgheinze/PSHREG.
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