The utility of extended longitudinal profiles in predicting future health care expenditures

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Cohen, Steven B ^a   Ezzati Rice, Trena ^a   Yu, William ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration of expenditures; Longitudinal data; MEPS; Predictive models

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646822130     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000208200.31206.38     Document Type: Article

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