Estimating the Weighting Components of a Health Quality Index

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 779-790

  Jeong, Jinook ^a   Mauldin, Patrick D ^b  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Health quality index; Maximum likelihood estimation; Monte Carlo simulation; Weights

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION MODELS; HEALTH QUALITY INDEX; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MODEL ROBUSTNESS; MODELING POWER; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; QUALITY INDICES; TREATMENT PLANS; WEIGHT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 0030298730     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.4710380704     Document Type: Article

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