Application of multistate models in hospital epidemiology: Advances and challenges

Jan Beyersmannm, Martin Wolkewitz, Arthur Allignol, Nadine Grambauer and Martin Schumacher have a new paper in Biometrical Journal. The Freiburg group have been very active in promoting multi-state modelling to a wider audience in recent years. This paper looks at the advantages adopting a multi-state model approach can bring to modelling processes related to hospital epidemiology.