Design of sample surveys to estimate the prevalence of rare diseases : three unbiased estimates

Birnbaum, Z. W. (Zygmund William), 1903-2000; Sirken, Monroe G.

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Design of sample surveys to estimate the prevalence of rare diseases : three unbiased estimates

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October 1965
By Birnbaum, Z. W. (Zygmund William), 1903-2000 ; Sirken, Monroe G.
Series: Vital and Health Statistics Series

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Birnbaum, Z. W. (Zygmund William), 1903-2000 ; Sirken, Monroe G.
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National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
Description:

Three formuIas, varying in the extent that they utilize all the information coIIected by a survey based on a stratified sample of medical sources, are presented to estimate the number of diagnosed cases of a rare disease in the population.
Content Notes:

[by Z.W. Birnbaum and Monroe G. Sirken].

Bibliography: p. 8.
Subjects:

Health Surveys Rare Diseases/Epidemiology Rare Diseases/etiology
Source:

Vital and Health Statistics. Series 2, Data evaluation and methods research ; no. 11 ; Public Health Service publication no. 1000, ser. 2, no. 11
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Vital and Health Statistics Series
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Journal Issue
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print; 8 p. ; 26 cm.
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National Center for Health Statistics
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