Predicting resource utilization in a veterans health administration primary care population comparison of methods based on diagnoses and medications

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-128

  Wahls, Terry L ^b,c   Barnett, Mitchell J ^b   Rosenthal, Gary E ^a,b,c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Health resources; Health services research; Healthcare costs; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 1442352859     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000108743.74496.ce     Document Type: Article

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