Sequential prevalence estimation with pooling and continuous test outcomes

Prevalence estimation is crucial for controlling the spread of infections and diseases and for planning of health care services. Prevalence estimation is typically conducted via pooled, or group, testing due to limited testing budgets. We study a sequential estimation procedure that uses continuous...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Statistics in medicine 2018-07, Vol.37 (15), p.2391-2426
Hauptverfasser:	Nguyen, Ngoc T., Bish, Ebru K., Aprahamian, Hrayer
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	continuous test outcome dilution effect limited resources Medical research pool design pooling prevalence estimation
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