Inflated assessments of disability

作     者：Longford, Nicholas T. 

作者机构：Imperial Coll Dept Med London England 

出 版 物：《JOURNAL OF APPLIED STATISTICS》 (应用统计学杂志)

年 卷 期：2017年第44卷第10期

页      面：1743-1760页

核心收录：

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020208[经济学-统计学] 07[理学] 0714[理学-统计学（可授理学、经济学学位）] 

主　　题：Assessment disability score discrete linear distribution Fisher scoring algorithm score inflation 62F10 62F30 

摘      要：A medical examination provides a key input into decisions about disability pension and other forms of income support or compensation that are justified on medical grounds. The result of examining an individual is often communicated by means of a score, and inflation of such scores is a well-known problem. We estimate the extent of inflation of scores from a set of disability assessments using a model based on the discrete linear distribution. We explore some extensions within the framework of a sensitivity analysis.