Analysis of HIV/AIDS DRG in Portugal: a hierarchical finite mixture model.
- Autores: Andreozzi V, Dias SS, Martins RO
- Ano de Publicação: 2012
- Journal: The European Journal of Health Economics
- Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Analysis+of+HIV%2FAIDS+DRG+in+Portugal%3A+a+Hierarchical+Finite+Mixture+Model
Inpatient length of stay (LOS) is an important measure of hospital activity, but its empirical distribution is often positively skewed, representing a challenge for statistical analysis. Taking this feature into account, we seek to identify factors that are associated with HIV/AIDS through a hierarchical finite mixture model.
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