A random effects four-part model, with application to correlated medical costs

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4458-4473

  Liu, Lei ^a   Conaway, Mark R ^a   Knaus, William A ^a   Bergin, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY (CDR); CORRELATED MEDICAL COSTS;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 42749094245     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2008.02.034     Document Type: Article

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