A matter of classes: Stratifying health care populations to produce better estimates of inpatient costs

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1217-1233

  Rein, David B ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Health care financing; Inpatient costs; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE SELECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FINITE MIXTURE MODEL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAID; MODEL; NEWBORN; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEDICAID; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RATE SETTING AND REVIEW; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK SHARING, FINANCIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22844432624     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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