BMC Research Notes (Apr 2020)

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

  • Ralph Brinks,
  • Thaddäus Tönnies,
  • Annika Hoyer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-05046-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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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.

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