A Newly Developed Japanese Pneumonia and Influenza Mortality Model and Statistical Analysis of Excess Mortality by Stochastic Frontier Estimation

N. Sindo, M. Li, Y. Ohkusa and K. Taniguchi

ISER Discussion Paper from Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka

Abstract: Models which estimate influenza mortality probably overestimate this mortality because their baseline estimates include only nonepidemic weeks. We present a stochastic frontier estimation model which better reflects influenza mortality.

Date: 2000-01
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