Expenditure Models for Prospective Risk Adjustment: Choosing the Measure Appropriate for the Problem

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-143

  Rosenkranz, Susan L ^b   Luft, Harold S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE POOLS; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031151471     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107755879705400201     Document Type: Article

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