Bayesian analysis of proportional hazard models

Abstract

This paper is concerned with Bayesian analysis of the proportional hazard model with left truncated and right censored data. We use a process neutral to the right as the prior of the baseline survival function and a finite-dimensional prior is placed on the regression coefficient. We then obtain the exact form of the joint posterior distribution of the regression coefficient and the baseline cumulative hazard function. As a by-product, we prove the propriety of the posterior distribution with the constant prior on the regression coefficient.