Longitudinal assessment of cost in health care interventions

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-168

  Gardiner, Joseph C ^a   Luo, Zhehui ^a   Bradley, Cathy J ^a   Polverejan, Elena ^b   Holmes Rovner, Margaret ^a   Rovner, David ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Econometric and statistical methods; Hospital charges; Length of stay; Multiple equation models

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

EID: 0038042507     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024264224760     Document Type: Article

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