A bayesian procedure for file linking to analyze end-of-life medical costs

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 108, Issue 501, 2013, Pages 34-47

  Gutman, Roee ^a   Afendulis, Christopher C ^b   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Bayesian analysis; Missing data; Record linkage; Statistical matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878225890     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2012.726889     Document Type: Article

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