An examination of skewed health expenditure data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)

Journal of Economic and Social Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 127-134

  Yu, William W ^a   Machlin, Steven R ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MEPS; Skewness of medical expenditures

Indexed keywords

EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31144438308     PISSN: 07479662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jem-2005-0246     Document Type: Article

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