Rapid report on estimating incidence from cross-sectional data

In prospective cohort studies, incidence is typically estimated by the ratio of the observed number of events to person-time at risk. This crude estimator is consistent for the true population incidence rate (IR) under mild assumptions. Here we consider a different setting where only cross-sectional...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of epidemiology 2021-01, Vol.53, p.106-108.e1
Hauptverfasser:	DeMonte, Justin B., Neilan, Anne M., Loop, Matthew S., Ciaranello, Andrea L., Hudgens, Michael G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bias Censored data Cross-sectional Cross-Sectional Studies Estimator Humans Incidence Incidence rate Likelihood Functions Maximum likelihood Research Design
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