Semiparametric modeling of medical cost data containing zeros

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1207-1214

  Zhao, Xiaobing ^a,b   Zhou, Xian ^c  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 63549099222     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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