Fraser R C
J R Coll Gen Pract. 1978 May;28(190):283-6.
I report evidence which raises doubts about the reliability and validity of age-sex registers as true population denominators in general practice in the UK. These have potentially disturbing implications for the interpretation of data based on the presumed precision of age-sex registers. I am undertaking a prospective study to identify and quantify sources of inaccuracy to try to establish a method of estimating the true population at risk and its true age-sex characteristics. This would greatly enhance the utility of the age-sex register as the most valuable tool in general-practice research.
我报告的证据对英国全科医疗中年龄-性别登记册作为真实人口分母的可靠性和有效性提出了质疑。这对于基于年龄-性别登记册假定精度的数据解读可能具有令人不安的影响。我正在进行一项前瞻性研究,以识别和量化不准确的来源,试图建立一种估计真正风险人群及其真实年龄-性别特征的方法。这将极大地提高年龄-性别登记册作为全科医疗研究中最有价值工具的效用。