Estimating incidence and prevalence rates of chronic diseases using disease modeling

• Main Authors: Hendrike C. Boshuizen (Author), Marinus J. J. C. Poos (Author), Marjan van den Akker (Author), Kees van Boven (Author), Joke C. Korevaar (Author), Margot W. M. de Waal (Author), Marion C. J. Biermans (Author), Nancy Hoeymans (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Morbidity estimates between different GP registration networks show large, unexplained variations. This research explores the potential of modeling differences between networks in distinguishing new (incident) cases from existing (prevalent) cases in obtaining more reliable estim...