Assessing the equality of means of healthcare costs

Authors: Zhou, Xiao-Hua Andrew; Ramsey, Scott

Source: Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, Volume 3, Number 5, October 2003 , pp. 561-567(7)

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Abstract:

The main analytic problems for assessing the equality of means of healthcare costs are the skewed and heteroscedastic nature of the distribution of healthcare costs and the occurrence of persons with zero cost values. Without taking these special features into consideration, any statistical method may lead to the wrong conclusion. The available analytic methods that are appropriate for handling these features of healthcare costsare reviewed.

Keywords: assessment; cost data; equality; healthcare; means

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1586/14737167.3.5.561

Publication date: 2003-10-01

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Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research provides expert commentary on cost-benefit and pharmacoeconomic issues relating to the clinical use of drugs and therapeutic approaches. Coverage includes pharmacoeconomics and quality-of-life research, therapeutic outcomes, evidence-based medicine and cost-benefit research.
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