The existence of standard-biased mortality ratios due to death certificate misclassification - a simulation study based on a true story

BACKGROUND: Mortality statistics are used to compare health status of populations; optimally, they base on individual death certificates. However, determining cause of death is error-prone. E.g. cardiovascular disease (CVD) death determination is characterized by sensitivity (SE) and specificity (SP...

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Autor principal: Deckert, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26801235
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-016-0112-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26801235
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-016-0112-8

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