Comparing geographic area-based and classical population-based incidence and prevalence rates, and their confidence intervals

To quantify the HIV epidemic, the classical population-based prevalence and incidence rates (P rates) are the two most commonly used measures used for policy interventions. However, these P rates ignore the heterogeneity of the size of geographic region where the population resides. It is intuitive...

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Main Author: Ding-Geng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:Preventive Medicine Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335517300955