A new measure for continuity of care: The alpha index

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 253-276

  Lou, W Y Wendy ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration; Kullback Leibler information; Markov dependence; Sequential continuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242727718     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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