Research Article

Comparisons of Costs between Black Caribbean and White British Patients with Advanced Multiple Sclerosis in the UK

Table 3

Bootstrap regression of cost between ethnic groups.

Variable Reps. Observed BiasStd. err.[95% conf. interval]

Ethnicity1000−2591.86−15.027484.53−17279.0612095.34(N)
−17076.3011754.77(P)
−16819.4112259.80(BC)

Constant100025777.51−46.895887.2014224.8237330.19(N)
15310.8337573.73(P)
15486.7737750.72(BC)

Note: N = normal.
P = percentile.
BC = bias corrected.
Bootstrap statistics: number of obs. = 86, replications = 1000.