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Comparison of surveillance-based metrics for the assessment and monitoring of disease detection: simulation study about type 2 diabetes

BACKGROUND: Screening and detection of cases are a common public health priority for treatable chronic conditions with long subclinical periods. However, the validity of commonly-used metrics from surveillance systems for rates of detection (or case-finding) have not been evaluated. METHODS: Using d...

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Autores principales: Brinks, Ralph, Hoyer, Annika, Rolka, Deborah B., Kuss, Oliver, Gregg, Edward W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5387346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28399821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-017-0328-2