Estimating incidence and prevalence rates of chronic diseases using disease modeling

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Boshuizen, Hendrike C ^a,b   Poos, Marinus J J C ^a   van den Akker, Marjan ^c,d   van Boven, Kees ^e   Korevaar, Joke C ^f   de Waal, Margot W M ^g   Biermans, Marion C J ^e   Hoeymans, Nancy ^a  

^a Wageningen University ^*  (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Academic Center for General Practice   (Belgium)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; General practice registration; General practitioner; Incidence prevalence mortality model; Morbidity; Public health

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MORTALITY RATE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

NETHERLANDS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 85017095924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12963-017-0130-8     Document Type: Article

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