A frozen-age approximation holds an age covariate constant at the start of each observation interval, allowing homogeneous transition probabilities to enter a panel-observed multi-state likelihood. It approximates a model with continuously changing age. Reciprocal rate calibration of mean waiting times is exact for a fixed-age exponential distribution, but not for a continuously ageing Gompertz distribution.
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