Predicting future high-cost patients: A real-world risk modeling application

Proceedings - 2007 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 202-208

  Moturu, Sai T ^a,b   Johnson, William G ^b,c   Liu, Huan ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMMUNICATIONS; BIOINFORMATICS; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FINANCE; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH RISKS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEARCH ENGINES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ARIZONA; COST CONTAINMENT; DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE APPLICATIONS; HEALTHCARE INDUSTRIES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; REAL-WORLD; RISK MODELING; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 49149095604     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIBM.2007.54     Document Type: Conference Paper

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