Use one joint hypothesis test for . Fit the unrestricted model with statistical parameters , where and for treatment indicator . Refit under , estimating the two common baseline intensities; do not fix them at their unrestricted estimates. The likelihood-ratio test statistic is
Under regular identifiable positive-rate models, sufficient independent patient trajectories, and the null hypothesis, Wilks theorem gives two degrees of freedom because two coefficients are constrained. Reject if exceeds the chosen upper chi-squared distribution quantile. Alternatively a two-dimensional Wald test uses , including the off-diagonal covariance. Two separate tests do not provide this single calibrated assessment. The point estimates alone cannot produce a numerical p-value without fitted likelihoods or a coefficient covariance matrix.
The fitted Poisson regression has
so that . Hypothesis requires both restrictions
as well as the adequacy of the assumed Poisson distribution. The displayed interval addresses only the single slope restriction . Even if the separate interval for the intercept also contains zero, separate one-parameter intervals do not implement the relevant joint hypothesis test, because the two coefficient estimators can be correlated. One should test jointly, for example by a likelihood-ratio test, and separately assess the Poisson goodness of fit. Thus the slope interval alone cannot decide whether is rejected at the level.