Estimation from censored medical cost data

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 351-363

  Başer, Onur ^a   Gardiner, Joseph C ^b   Bradley, Cathy J ^b   Given, Charles W ^b  

^a MEDSTAT GROUP   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Censoring; Costs; Exogenous censoring; Inverse probability weighted estimation; Two stage estimation

Indexed keywords

COST ESTIMATING; HEALTH INSURANCE; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

CENSORED DATA; CENSORING; COST DATA; EXOGENOUS CENSORING; INVERSE PROBABILITY WEIGHTED ESTIMATION; INVERSE-PROBABILITY-WEIGHTED; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; SURVIVAL TIME; TWO-STAGE ESTIMATIONS; WEIGHTED LEAST-SQUARE METHODS;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 26844475796     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200210036     Document Type: Article

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