In this article, we describe the aldvmm command for fitting adjusted limited dependent variable mixture models to either UK or U.S. tariff EQ-5D data. We present and explain the command and postestimation command through examples. The aldvmm command requires use of Stas Kolenikov's simulated annealing package (simann()), which can be easily installed by typing net install simann.pkg, from(http://web.missouri.edu/∼kolenikovs/stata).
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