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Is the choice of the statistical model relevant in the cost estimation of patients with chronic diseases? An empirical approach by the Piedmont Diabetes Registry

BACKGROUND: Chronic diseases impose large economic burdens. Cost analysis is not straightforward, particularly when the goal is to relate costs to specific patterns of covariates, and to compare costs between diseased and healthy populations. Using different statistical methods this study describes...

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Autores principales: Pagano, Eva, Petrelli, Alessio, Picariello, Roberta, Merletti, Franco, Gnavi, Roberto, Bruno, Graziella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4696194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26714744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1241-1