On modelling response propensity for dwelling unit (DU) level non-response adjustment in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1875-1884

  Wun, Lap Ming ^a   Ezzati Rice, Trena M ^a   Diaz Tena, Nuria ^b   Greenblatt, Janet ^a  

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

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Logistic regression; Propensity score; Relative total variation; Weighting

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONRESPONSE BIAS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VARIANCE;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947382686     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2809     Document Type: Article

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