InferenceSMR

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Inference About the Standardized Mortality Ratio when Evaluating the Effect of a Screening Program on Survival

Denis Talbot

Last update: 3 December 2023

Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 3.0, GNU General Public License, version 2.0

Software version identifier: 1.0.1, 1.0, 1.0.2

Description

Functions to make inference about the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) when evaluating the effect of a screening program. The package is based on methods described in Sasieni (2003) <doi:10.1097/00001648-200301000-00026> and Talbot et al. (2011) <doi:10.1002/sim.4334>.

Cites work

• On the Expected Number of Cancer Deaths During Follow-Up of an Initially Cancer-Free Cohort
• Variance estimation and confidence intervals for the standardized mortality ratio with application to the assessment of a cancer screening program

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