Predicting total health care costs of medicaid recipients: An artificial neural systems approach

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-197

  Morrison, Joyce R ^b   Johnson, John D ^a   Barnes, James H ^b   Summers, Kent ^b   Szeinbach, Sheryl L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031281144     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(96)00235-4     Document Type: Article

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