Response Bias in the Nationwide Epidemiological Survey of an Intractable Disease In Japan

Shuji Hashimoto, Kazuo Fukutomi, Masaki Nagal, Yoslkazu Nakamura, Hiroshi Yanagawa, Ryuichiro Sasaki, Yoshiyuki Ohno, Kunio Aoki

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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抄録

Annual numbers of patients with the so-called intractable diseases were estimated in the nationwide epidemiological surveys under the assumption that the mean number of patients among “responded” hospitals is equal to that among “non-responded” hospitals. This paper evaluated the validity of this assumption, using the data of Idiopathic thrombopenlc purpura (ITP) obtained from the nationwide epidemiological survey and the number of ITP patients who are financially subsidized for treatment (FST-patients). The mean numbers of ITP FST-patients among “responded” hospitals in the nationwide survey were compared with the mean numbers among “non-responded’ hospitals. The ratio of the mean number among “responded” hospitals to that among all hospitals was found to be between 1.0 and 1.1; suggesting that this assumption was sufficiently valid.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)27-30
ページ数4
ジャーナルJournal of epidemiology
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DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 01-1991

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 疫学

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