Incidence of the Bertillon and Gompertz effects on the outcome of clinical trials

The accounts of medical trials provide very detailed information about the patients’ health conditions. On the contrary, almost no vital data such as marital status or age distribution are usually given. Yet, some of these factors can have a notable impact on the overall death rate, thereby changing the outcome and conclusions of the trial. This paper focuses on two of these variables.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Roehner, Bertrand M.
Published in:	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. - Elsevier, ISSN 0378-4371. - Vol. 414.2014, C, p. 300-307
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Gompertz law \| Median age \| Randomization \| Mortality \| Marital status \| Clinical trials

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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