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Improving incidence estimation in practice-based sentinel surveillance networks using spatial variation in general practitioner density

BACKGROUND: In surveillance networks based on voluntary participation of health-care professionals, there is little choice regarding the selection of participants’ characteristics. External information about participants, for example local physician density, can help reduce bias in incidence estimat...

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Autores principales: Souty, Cécile, Boëlle, Pierre-Yves
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5111194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27846798
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-016-0260-x