'Depletion of the susceptibles' taught through a story, a table and basic arithmetic

BMJ Evid Based Med. 2018 Oct;23(5):199. doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2018-110972. Epub 2018 Jul 7.

Authors

Steven D Stovitz¹, Hailey R Banack², Jay S Kaufman³

Affiliations

¹ Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota System, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
² Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University at Buffalo-The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA.
³ Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

PMID: 29982175
DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2018-110972

No abstract available

Keywords: epidemiology; geriatric medicine.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Evidence-Based Medicine / education
Humans
Life Expectancy
Mathematics
Middle Aged
Narration
Selection Bias*