Modeling the Conditional Dependence between Discrete and Continuous Random Variables with Applications in Insurance
We jointly model amount of expenditure for outpatient visits and number of outpatient visits by considering both dependence and simultaneity by proposing a bivariate structural model that describes both variables, specified in terms of their conditional distributions. For that reason, we assume that...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2020-12-01
|
| Series: | Mathematics |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/1/45 |
| _version_ | 1797543376693755904 |
|---|---|
| author | Emilio Gómez-Déniz Enrique Calderín-Ojeda |
| author_facet | Emilio Gómez-Déniz Enrique Calderín-Ojeda |
| author_sort | Emilio Gómez-Déniz |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | We jointly model amount of expenditure for outpatient visits and number of outpatient visits by considering both dependence and simultaneity by proposing a bivariate structural model that describes both variables, specified in terms of their conditional distributions. For that reason, we assume that the conditional expectation of expenditure for outpatient visits with respect to the number of outpatient visits and also, the number of outpatient visits expectation with respect to the expenditure for outpatient visits is related by taking a linear relationship for these conditional expectations. Furthermore, one of the conditional distributions obtained in our study is used to derive Bayesian premiums which take into account both the number of claims and the size of the correspondent claims. Our proposal is illustrated with a numerical example based on data of health care use taken from Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), conducted by the U.S. Agency of Health Research and Quality. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-10T13:43:43Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-9947ac445fa84d1680e08a125bb026f1 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2227-7390 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-10T13:43:43Z |
| publishDate | 2020-12-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Mathematics |
| spelling | doaj.art-9947ac445fa84d1680e08a125bb026f12023-11-21T02:46:44ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902020-12-01914510.3390/math9010045Modeling the Conditional Dependence between Discrete and Continuous Random Variables with Applications in InsuranceEmilio Gómez-Déniz0Enrique Calderín-Ojeda1Department of Quantitative Methods and TIDES Institute, Campus de Tafira s/n, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SpainCentre for Actuarial Studies, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne, 3010 Victoria, AustraliaWe jointly model amount of expenditure for outpatient visits and number of outpatient visits by considering both dependence and simultaneity by proposing a bivariate structural model that describes both variables, specified in terms of their conditional distributions. For that reason, we assume that the conditional expectation of expenditure for outpatient visits with respect to the number of outpatient visits and also, the number of outpatient visits expectation with respect to the expenditure for outpatient visits is related by taking a linear relationship for these conditional expectations. Furthermore, one of the conditional distributions obtained in our study is used to derive Bayesian premiums which take into account both the number of claims and the size of the correspondent claims. Our proposal is illustrated with a numerical example based on data of health care use taken from Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), conducted by the U.S. Agency of Health Research and Quality.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/1/45bivariate distributionsconditional distributionscredibilitypremium |
| spellingShingle | Emilio Gómez-Déniz Enrique Calderín-Ojeda Modeling the Conditional Dependence between Discrete and Continuous Random Variables with Applications in Insurance Mathematics bivariate distributions conditional distributions credibility premium |
| title | Modeling the Conditional Dependence between Discrete and Continuous Random Variables with Applications in Insurance |
| title_full | Modeling the Conditional Dependence between Discrete and Continuous Random Variables with Applications in Insurance |
| title_fullStr | Modeling the Conditional Dependence between Discrete and Continuous Random Variables with Applications in Insurance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modeling the Conditional Dependence between Discrete and Continuous Random Variables with Applications in Insurance |
| title_short | Modeling the Conditional Dependence between Discrete and Continuous Random Variables with Applications in Insurance |
| title_sort | modeling the conditional dependence between discrete and continuous random variables with applications in insurance |
| topic | bivariate distributions conditional distributions credibility premium |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/1/45 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT emiliogomezdeniz modelingtheconditionaldependencebetweendiscreteandcontinuousrandomvariableswithapplicationsininsurance AT enriquecalderinojeda modelingtheconditionaldependencebetweendiscreteandcontinuousrandomvariableswithapplicationsininsurance |