Thinking beyond the mean: a practical guide for using quantile regression methods for health services research

Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-59

  Cook, Benjamin Lê ^a   Manning, Willard G ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84876361728     PISSN: 10020829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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