Estimating completeness in cancer registries - Comparing capture-recapture methods in a simulation study

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1077-1092

  Schmidtmann, Irene ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Capture recapture; Completeness; Multi state model; Simulation study

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRIES; CAPTURE-RECAPTURE; CAPTURE-RECAPTURE METHOD; COMPLETENESS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; MULTI-STATE MODEL; QUALITY INDICATORS; SIMULATION STUDIES;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 57649201940     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200810483     Document Type: Article

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