Adjusting AIDS incidence for non-stationary reporting delays: A necessity for country comparisons

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 595-603

  Gebhardt, Martin D ^a   Neuenschwander, Beat E ^a,b   Zwahlen, Marcel ^a  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Bias; Reporting delays; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031708577     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007406606892     Document Type: Article

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