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10537900

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-7-20
pubmed:abstractText
Measurement of treatment costs is important in the evaluation of medical interventions. Accurate cost estimation is problematic, when cost records are incomplete. Methods from the survival analysis literature have been proposed for estimating costs using available data. In this article, we clarify assumptions necessary for validity of these techniques. We demonstrate how assumptions needed for valid survival analysis may be violated when these methods are applied to cost estimation. Our observations are confirmed through simulations and empirical data analysis. We conclude that survival analysis approaches are not generally appropriate for the analysis of medical costs and review several valid alternatives.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
H
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0167-6296
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
365-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
On the use of survival analysis techniques to estimate medical care costs.
pubmed:affiliation
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA. etzi@fhcrc.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.