Inpatient length of stay: A finite mixture modeling analysis

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-126

  Singh, Chungkham Holendro ^b   Ladusingh, Laishram ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Finite mixture modeling; Heterogeneity; Inpatient length of stay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINITE MIXTURE MODEL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77954887306     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-009-0153-6     Document Type: Article

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