New methods for estimating follow-up rates in cohort studies

New methods for estimating follow-up rates in cohort studies

Abstract Background The follow-up rate, a standard index of the completeness of follow-up, is important for assessing the validity of a cohort study. A common method for estimating the follow-up rate, the “Percentage Method”, defined as the fraction of all enrollees who developed the event of intere...

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Main Authors: Xiaonan Xue, Ilir Agalliu, Mimi Y. Kim, Tao Wang, Juan Lin, Reza Ghavamian, Howard D. Strickler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Person-time
Loss to follow-up
Median survival time
Reverse Kaplan-Meier survival curve
Competing risk
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-017-0436-z

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