Forecasting the number of diabetic patients in The Netherlands in 2005.
Author(s) -
Dirk Ruwaard,
Rudolf T. Hoogenveen,
Harry Verkleij,
Daan Kromhout,
A. F. Casparie,
E. A. van der Veen
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.83.7.989
Subject(s) - life expectancy , incidence (geometry) , medicine , demography , diabetes mellitus , public health , gerontology , environmental health , population , mathematics , geometry , nursing , sociology , endocrinology
There is evidence from past decades that the number of diabetic patients has increased independently of changes in demography. A static model that takes into account only demographic changes is therefore unable to forecast the expected number of diabetic patients correctly.
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