Estimating the standardized incidence ratio (SIR) with incomplete follow-up data

Estimating the standardized incidence ratio (SIR) with incomplete follow-up data

Abstract Background A standard parameter to compare the disease incidence of a cohort relative to the population is the standardized incidence ratio (SIR). For statistical inference is commonly assumed that the denominator, the expected number of cases, is fixed. If a disease registry is available,...

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Main Authors: Heiko Becher, Volker Winkler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Epidemiological methods
Cohort studies
Incidence
Missing data
Standardized incidence ratio
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-017-0335-3

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