A Framework for Estimating the Burden of Chronic Diseases: Design and Application in the Context of Multiple Sclerosis

A Framework for Estimating the Burden of Chronic Diseases: Design and Application in the Context of Multiple Sclerosis

Background: When population-based databases are unavailable, nationwide assessments of the disease burden of multiple sclerosis (MS) resort to clinical, administrative or convenience-sampled data sources, which may produce results of limited external validity. Our aim was to develop a framework for...

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Main Authors: Marco Kaufmann, Milo Alan Puhan, Jens Kuhle, Özgür Yaldizli, Tomas Magnusson, Christian P. Kamm, Pasquale Calabrese, Viktor von Wyl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
prevalence
benchmark-multiplier
generalizability
external validity
SMSR
epidemiology
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2019.00953/full

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