Modelling usage of medical care services: the medical expenditure panel survey data, 1996–2000

Modeling Usage of Medical Care Services: The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data, 1996-2000

We explore the determinants of usage of six different types of health care services, using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data, years 1996-2000. We apply a number of models for univariate count data, including semiparametric, semi-nonparametric and finite mixture models. We find that the complexity of the model that is required to fit the data well depends upon the way in which the data i...

Investigation of Variance Components in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

Statistical methodology has been developed to decompose total variance into sources of variation. These sources of variation are usually referred to as components of variance. There are different reasons for attempting to produce variance components. In models decomposing the variance is often done in order to increase the accuracy of the model. In the finite population setting, variance is usu...

Income Measurement in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

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چکیده این تحقیق " مواد درسی " را به عنوان یکی از بحث برانگیزترین موضوعات آموزش زبان تلقی کرده و درتلاش است به سه سوال عمده پاسخ دهد: 1) آیا بکارگیری جزوات گرداوری شده توسط گروهی از مدرسین تاثیر بسزایی در میزان توانش خواندن و درک متون انگلیسی دانشجویان پزشکی دارد؟ 2) آیا استفاده از مواد درسی اصلی( بین المللی )، توانش خواندن و درک متون انگلیسی دانشجویان پزشکی را به طور چشمگیری تحت تاثیر قرار م...

Trends in glaucoma medication expenditure: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2001-2006.

OBJECTIVE To study trends of glaucoma medication expenditure from 2001 to 2006 using a nationally representative sample of US adults. METHODS We analyzed glaucoma medication expenditure trends among participants of the 2001-2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a subsample of the National Health Interview Survey, which is a continuous multipurpose, multistage area probability survey of the U...