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Advanced Statistics: Up with Odds Ratios! A Case for Odds Ratios When Outcomes Are Common
Treatment comparisons from clinical studies involving dichotomous outcomes are often summarized using risk ratios. Risk ratios are typically used because the underlying statisti...
Impact of Community Intervention to Reduce Patient Delay Time on Use of Reperfusion Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction Rapid Early Action for Coronary Treatment (REACT) Trial
Abstract. Background: Reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a time‐dependent intervention that can reduce infarct‐related morbidity and mortality. Out‐of‐...
Avoiding and identifying errors in health technology assessment models: qualitative study and methodological review
Published definitions of overall model validity comprising conceptual model validation, verification of the computer model, and operational validity of the use of the model in a...
Evaluation of the echocardiogram as an epidemiologic tool in an asymptomatic population.
An asymptomatic adult population of 196 men and women was studied with the echocardiogram to derive age- and sex-specific "normal" values for a number of clinically used echocar...
Effects of Particulate Matter on Daily Mortality in 13 Japanese Cities
These results suggest a positive relationship between SPM concentrations and daily mortality in Japan.