Estimating medical care costs under conditions of censoring

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 443-470

  Raikou, M ^a   McGuire, A ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C000; C100; Censoring; Cost analysis; Economic evaluation; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2342460318     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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