The confounded crude case-fatality rates (CFR) for COVID-19 hide more than they reveal—a comparison of age-specific and age-adjusted CFRs between seven countries

BACKGROUND: Crude case-fatality rates (CFRs) for COVID-19 vary widely between countries. There are serious limitations in the CFRs when making comparisons. We examined how the age distribution of the cases is responsible for the COVID-19 CFR differences between countries. METHODS: COVID-19 cases and...

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Autores principales: Green, Manfred S., Peer, Victoria, Schwartz, Naama, Nitzan, Dorit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7577450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33085731
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241031

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7577450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33085731
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241031

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