The following can be used as a yardstick for the assessment of standards of therapy?
ref: Park's 23rd edition pg 58 It is the propoion of survivors in a group (eg: patients) studied and followed over a period. the survival period is usually reckoned from the date of diagnosis or the sta of treatment. mostly applied in cancer studies.
Specific death rate
Case fatality rate
Propotional moality rate
Survival rate
Epidemiology