On surveillance methods for congenital malformations

On surveillance methods for congenital malformations

This paper presents an ‘optimal’ procedure for the use of the ‘sets’ method, a system proposed for surveillance of congenital malformations.1 Comparisons over a number of examples shows that the given procedure represents a clear improvement over the one originally proposed, and, in some conditions,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Statistics in medicine 1986-11, Vol.5 (6), p.565-571
Hauptverfasser: Gallus, G., Mandelli, C., Marchi, M., Radaelli, G.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bernoulli trials
Biometry - methods
Congenital Abnormalities - epidemiology
Congenital malformations
Epidemiologic Methods
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Surveillance of rare events
Waiting times in composite
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Zusammenfassung:This paper presents an ‘optimal’ procedure for the use of the ‘sets’ method, a system proposed for surveillance of congenital malformations.1 Comparisons over a number of examples shows that the given procedure represents a clear improvement over the one originally proposed, and, in some conditions, is more efficient than the cusum scheme.
ISSN:0277-6715
1097-0258
DOI:10.1002/sim.4780050603