On the error of incidence estimation from prevalence data

2014/10/03 by Ralph Brinks, Brinks, Ralph
Health Professions · Mathematics · #92D30 #Advanced Causal Inference Techniques #Applications (stat.AP) #FOS: Biological sciences #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations #Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1410.0936

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Abstract

This paper describes types of errors arising in a recently proposed method of incidence estimation from prevalence data. The errors are illustrated by a simulation study about a hypothetical irreversible disease. In addition, a way of obtaining error bounds in practical applications of the method is proposed.

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