Feasible methods to estimate disease based price indexes

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 504-514

  Bradley, Ralph ^a  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of living index; Price indexes; Superlative indexes

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; INDEX METHOD; LABOR STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONSUMER PRICE INDEX; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE BASED PRICE INDEX; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRODUCER PRICE INDEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMMERCE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875267285     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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