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Techniques for estimating health care costs with censored data: an overview for the health services researcher
Author(s) -
Harindra C. Wijeysundera,
Wang,
George Tomlinson,
Dennis T. Ko,
Murray Krahn
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
clinicoeconomics and outcomes research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.591
H-Index - 27
ISSN - 1178-6981
DOI - 10.2147/ceor.s31552
Subject(s) - estimator , activity based costing , censoring (clinical trials) , medicine , statistics , health care , health economics , sample (material) , econometrics , actuarial science , mathematics , economics , public health , business , marketing , nursing , chemistry , chromatography , economic growth
The aim of this study was to review statistical techniques for estimating the mean population cost using health care cost data that, because of the inability to achieve complete follow-up until death, are right censored. The target audience is health service researchers without an advanced statistical background.

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