Regression tree boosting to adjust health care cost predictions for diagnostic mix

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 755-772

  Robinson, John W ^a  

^a Healthcare Management and Statistical Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Boosting; Case mix; Data mining; Health care cost; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; DATA MINING; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 41149096954     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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