Estimation of the case fatality rate based on stratification for the COVID-19 outbreak.

This work is motivated by the recent worldwide pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). When an epidemiological disease is prevalent, estimating the case fatality rate, the proportion of deaths out of the total cases, accurately and quickly is important as the case fatality rate is one...

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Main Authors: Byungwon Kim, Seonghong Kim, Woncheol Jang, Sungkyu Jung, Johan Lim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246921