WMS1: ESTIMATING MEDICAL COSTS FROM INCOMPLETE FOLLOW-UP DATA

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Estimating the standardized incidence ratio (SIR) with incomplete follow-up data

BACKGROUND A standard parameter to compare the disease incidence of a cohort relative to the population is the standardized incidence ratio (SIR). For statistical inference is commonly assumed that the denominator, the expected number of cases, is fixed. If a disease registry is available, incident cases can sometimes be identified by linkage with the registry, however, registries may not conta...

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Estimating medical costs

Abstract: Nonparametric estimators of the mean total cost have been proposed in a variety of settings. In clinical trials it is generally impractical to follow up patients until all have responded, and therefore censoring of patient outcomes and total cost will occur in practice. We describe a general longitudinal framework in which costs emanate from two streams, during sojourn in health state...

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