doi: 10.17706/ijapm.2019.9.2.101-110
Lognormal Distribution in Health Insurance: Interval Estimation Methods for the Average Cost and Correction of Truncated Values
Index Terms—Bootstrap, confidence interval, costs distribution, heart and cancer diseases, lognormal distribution.
Marli Amorim is with Multicare - Health Insurer, Portugal, Lisbon (email: marli.amorim.ferreira@multicare.pt).
Joana Fernandes is with Faculty of Sciences at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon. She is also with Multicare - Health Insurer, Portugal, Lisbon.
Teresa Alpuim is with Faculty of Sciences at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon.
Cite: Marli Amorim, Joana Fernandes, Teresa Alpuim, "Lognormal Distribution in Health Insurance: Interval Estimation Methods for the Average Cost and Correction of Truncated Values," International Journal of Applied Physics and Mathematics vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 101-110, 2019.
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