In:
American Journal of Epidemiology, Oxford University Press (OUP), Vol. 132, No. supp1 ( 1990-07-01), p. 123-130
Abstract:
A new method for monitoring occurrences of rare health events is proposed. This proposed method is similar in principle to the sets technique but is shown to have much better expected time to alarm properties. This is illustrated for a number of hypothetical situations, and then both methods are applied to cancer mortality data. The proposed method will allow the use of large monitoring systems consisting of implementations of the method in a number of subregions (i.e., counties) of a larger region (i.e., state) independently, and still maintain reasonable expected times between false alarms.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1476-6256
,
0002-9262
DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115773
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date:
1990
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2030043-8