Why choice of metric matters in public health analyses: a case study of the attribution of credit for the decline in coronary heart disease mortality in the US and other populations

BACKGROUND: Reasons for the widespread declines in coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in high income countries are controversial. Here we explore how the type of metric chosen for the analyses of these declines affects the answer obtained. METHODS: The analyses we reviewed were performed using I...

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Autores principales: Gouda, Hebe N, Critchley, Julia, Powles, John, Capewell, Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3305465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22284813
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-88

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