CASEFAT: Stata module for estimating the case fatality ratio of a new infectious disease

Jamie Griffin () and Azra Ghani
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Jamie Griffin: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Azra Ghani: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: This program estimates the case fatality ratio, the proportion of cases who ultimately die of the disease, using incomplete data such as would be available part-way through an epidemic: some patients are observed to have died or recovered, but others are still ill. A Kaplan-Meier-like estimator is calculated according to the formulae given in: Ghani, A. C. et al. Methods for estimating the case fatality ratio for a novel emerging infectious disease.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8.2
Keywords: case-fatality ratio; Kaplan-Meier estimator; competing risks; survival analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: Written 2005-08-11
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install casefat". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.

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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/c/casefat.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/c/casefat.hlp help file (text/plain)

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