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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Econ Ageing. 2018 Nov 30;14:100181. doi: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2018.11.006

Table A16.

Testing the splicing model: Comparing observed vs. artificially censored data, relationships

All observations, N=2,145
Censored observations, N=1,035
Observed data Spliced Observed data Spliced
Total lifetime OOP and dementia
Correlation 0.182 0.209 0.153 0.198
Regression coefficient, no controls 30,613 33,391 31,108 36,843
Regression coefficient, all controls 30,254 28,000 39,330 35,061

Lifetime nursing home spending and dementia
Correlation 0.243 0.239 0.249 0.237
Regression coefficient, no controls 28,170 26,579 35,740 31,612
Regression coefficient, all controls 30,935 26,803 40,651 33,186