Assessing two methods for estimating excess mortality of chronic diseases from aggregated data
Abstract Objective To assess the numerical properties of two recently published estimation techniques for excess mortality based on aggregated data about diabetes in Germany. Results Application of the new methods to the claims data yields implausible findings for the excess mortality of type 2 diab...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-04-01
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Series: | BMC Research Notes |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-020-05046-w |