Assessing two methods for estimating excess mortality of chronic diseases from aggregated data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the numerical properties of two recently published estimation techniques for excess mortality based on aggregated data about diabetes in Germany.

Results

Application of the new methods to the claims data yields implausible findings for the excess mortality of type 2 diabetes in ages below 50 years of age.

SUBMITTER: Brinks R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7161167 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature