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The Authors’ Reply to Koeser and McCrone: “On the Use and Interpretation of Quantile Regression in Quality-of-Life Research”

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Tinelli, M., Scott, A., Seymour, J. et al. The Authors’ Reply to Koeser and McCrone: “On the Use and Interpretation of Quantile Regression in Quality-of-Life Research”. PharmacoEconomics 32, 229–230 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-013-0114-x

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