How to deal with missing longitudinal data in cost of illness analysis in Alzheimer's disease-suggestions from the GERAS observational study.

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Published in BMC Med Res Methodol on July 18, 2016

Authors

Mark Belger1, Josep Maria Haro2, Catherine Reed3, Michael Happich3, Kristin Kahle-Wrobleski4, Josep Maria Argimon5, Giuseppe Bruno6, Richard Dodel7, Roy W Jones8, Bruno Vellas9, Anders Wimo10

Author Affiliations

1: Lilly Research Centre, Eli Lilly and Company Limited, Erl Wood Manor, Sunninghill Road, Windlesham Surrey, GU20 6PH, UK. belger_mark@lilly.com.
2: Parc Santari Sant Joan de Deu, CIBERSAM, Universitat de Barcelona, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
3: Lilly Research Centre, Eli Lilly and Company Limited, Erl Wood Manor, Sunninghill Road, Windlesham Surrey, GU20 6PH, UK.
4: Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
5: Agencia Qualitat I Avaluacio Sanitaries, Barcelona, Spain.
6: Clinica della Memoria, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Rome "Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
7: Department of Neurology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany.
8: RICE (The Research Institute for the Care of Older People), Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK.
9: Gerontopole, Toulouse University Hospital, INSERM 1027, Toulouse, France.
10: Division of Neurogeriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

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