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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Main Authors: Ralph Brinks, Thaddäus Tönnies, Annika Hoyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-020-05046-w