Review of statistical methods for analysing healthcare resources and costs
We review statistical methods for analysing healthcare resource use and costs, their ability
to address skewness, excess zeros, multimodality and heavy right tails, and their ease for …
to address skewness, excess zeros, multimodality and heavy right tails, and their ease for …
Issues for the next generation of health care cost analyses
A Basu, WG Manning - Medical care, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Background: Given the characteristics of health care expenditure/cost data–a mass of
observations at zero, and skewed positive expenditures, various alternative estimators have …
observations at zero, and skewed positive expenditures, various alternative estimators have …
The distribution of health care costs and their statistical analysis for economic evaluation
Objective: Where patient level data are available on health care costs, it is natural to use
statistical analysis to describe the differences in cost between alternative treatments. Health …
statistical analysis to describe the differences in cost between alternative treatments. Health …
Assessing and comparing costs: how robust are the bootstrap and methods based on asymptotic normality?
A O'Hagan, JW Stevens - Health economics, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
This article addresses and challenges some common perceptions in the statistical
assessment of costs and cost‐effectiveness in health economics. Cost data typically exhibit …
assessment of costs and cost‐effectiveness in health economics. Cost data typically exhibit …
Econometric modeling of health care costs and expenditures: a survey of analytical issues and related policy considerations
J Mullahy - Medical care, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Background: Econometric modeling of healthcare costs and expenditures has become an
important component of decision-making across a wide array of real-world settings …
important component of decision-making across a wide array of real-world settings …
[图书][B] Statistical analysis of cost-effectiveness data
The statistical analysis of cost-effectiveness data is becoming increasingly important within
health and medical research. Statistical Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness Data provides a …
health and medical research. Statistical Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness Data provides a …
Multiple regression of cost data: use of generalised linear models
J Barber, S Thompson - … of health services research & policy, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Choosing an appropriate method for regression analyses of cost data is
problematic because it must focus on population means while taking into account the …
problematic because it must focus on population means while taking into account the …
Parametric modelling of cost data: some simulation evidence
Recently, commentators have suggested that the distributional form of cost data should be
explicitly modelled to gain efficiency in estimating the population mean. We perform a series …
explicitly modelled to gain efficiency in estimating the population mean. We perform a series …
[HTML][HTML] A general framework for classifying costing methods for economic evaluation of health care
According to the most traditional economic evaluation manuals, all “relevant” costs should
be included in the economic analysis, taking into account factors such as the patient …
be included in the economic analysis, taking into account factors such as the patient …