On estimators of medical costs with censored data

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 615-625

  O'Hagan, Anthony ^a   Stevens, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C24; Censoring; Kaplan Meier estimator; Lifetime; Medical costs

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENTS;

EID: 2342567056     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.06.006     Document Type: Article

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