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		While-Alive Regression for Composite Endpoints with Cluster-
		Robust Inference // Provides estimation and inference for
		while-alive regression models targeting the while-alive loss
		rate for composite endpoints that include recurrent events and
		a terminal event. The implementation supports flexible time-
		varying covariate effects through user-selected time bases,
		including B-splines, natural splines, M-splines, step
		functions, truncated linear bases, interval-local bases, and
		piecewise polynomials. Inference can be performed using
		cluster-robust variance estimators for cluster-randomized
		trials, with subject-level (IID) variance as a special case.
		The package includes prediction and plotting utilities and
		K-fold cross-validation for selecting basis and tuning
		parameters. Methodology is based on Fang et al. (2025)
		doi:10.1093/biostatistics/kxaf047.
	</longdescription>
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