Much ado about two: Reconsidering retransformation and the two-part model in health econometrics

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 247-281

  Mullahy, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health econometrics; Retransformation; Two part model

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0032104124     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(98)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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