A Monte Carlo method to estimate the confidence intervals for the concentration index using aggregated population register data
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1387-3741,1572-9400
DOI: 10.1007/s10742-015-0137-1