VY99 used a general frailty model to account for heterogeneity in the population.
The $s(x,z) can be specified in "relative-risk model", $\mu(x,z)= z \mu(x)$.
Reference:
Vaupel and Yashin, 1999, From homogeneity to heterogeneity:Unobserved population heterogeneity.
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