An epidemiological study often uses a two-phase design to estimate the prevalence rate of a mental disease. In a two-phase design study, the first phase assesses a large sample with an inexpensive screening test, and then the second phase selects a subsample for a more expensive diagnostic evaluatio
The use of a two-phase design in a prevalence survey
β Scribed by P. Duncan-Jones; Scott Henderson
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 592 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-9285
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