Predicting the Frequency and Amount of Health Care Expenditures

North American Actuarial Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-392

  Frees, Edward W ^a   Gao, Jie ^b   Rosenberg, Marjorie A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Risk Management and Insurance and the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 82155203034     PISSN: 10920277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2011.10597626     Document Type: Article

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