Accurate rates, though fundamental to epidemiology, are often very difficult to obtain.
Incidence, prevalence, and mortality rates have traditionally been established through either …

Sir—McCarty DJ et a/. 1 discuss the potential use of capture-recapture methodology in
epidemiology and propose, through this method, a universal approach to correct incidence …

Capture-recapture methods in epidemiology analyze data from overlapping lists of cases
from various sources of ascertainment to generate estimates of missing cases and the total …

Capture-recapture methods were employed to determine the most accurate and efficient
approaches to monitor adolescent injuries. Multiple sources were used to ascertain cases of …

The authors used “internal validity analysis” to evaluate the performance of various capture-
recapture methods. Data from studies with five overlapping, incomplete lists generated …

BACKGROUND Capture-recapture methods in epidemiology are attempts to estimate or
adjust for the extent of incomplete ascertainment using information from overlapping lists of …

It is unlikely that these assumptions will hold in an epidemiological study. For example, in a
cancer registry two sources often used are death certificates and hospital discharge records …

Almost all reported prevalence studies of which we are aware make exhaustive attempts to
find diagnosed individuals and report all affected individuals, but make no attempt to …

Capture-recapture techniques are employed increasingly to correct for underascertainment
of cases in epidemiologic surveillance. A key assumption of the basic two-source capture …

This article evaluates the potential epidemiologic uses of capture-recapture, which include
the primary area of determining disease frequency. Capture-recapture may be a means to …