R: Fit a piecewise contsnt intesity model for interval censored...

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## Fit a piecewise contsnt intesity model for interval censored data.

### Description

Utility function

Fits a binomial model with logaritmic link, with `y` as outcome and covariates in `rates.frame` to estimate rates in the inttervals between `breaks`.

### Usage

    fit.baseline( y, rates.frame, start )

### Arguments

`y` | Binary vector of outcomes
`rates.frame` | Dataframe expanded from the original data by `expand.data`
`start` | Starting values for the rate parameters. If not supplied, then starting values are generated.

### Value

A `glm` object, with binomial error and logaritmic link.

### Author(s)

Martyn Plummer, martyn.plummer@r-project.org

### See Also

`fit.add` `fit.mult`

[Package Epi version 2.47 Index]