Propensity score weighting for addressing under-reporting in mortality surveillance: A proof-of-concept study using the nationally representative mortality data in China

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Guo, Kang ^a,b   Yin, Peng ^a   Wang, Lijun ^a   Ji, Yibing ^a   Li, Qingfeng ^c   Bishai, David ^c   Liu, Shiwei ^a   Liu, Yunning ^a   Astell Burt, Thomas ^d,e   Feng, Xiaoqi ^d   You, Jinling ^a   Liu, Jiangmei ^a   Zhou, Maigeng ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mortality; Propensity scores; Surveillance; Under reporting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; FIELD SURVEY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPORAL PERIOD; URBAN-RURAL MIGRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPTURE MARK RECAPTURE METHOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA;

EID: 84936744169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12963-015-0051-3     Document Type: Article

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