Health care expenditure prediction with a single item, self-rated health measure

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 440-447

  DeSalvo, Karen B ^a,b   Jones, M ^a   Peabody, John ^c,d   McDonald, Jay ^a   Fihn, Stephan ^e   Fan, Vincent ^e   He, Jiang ^b   Muntner, Paul ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Sg2   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Expenditures; General self rated health; MEPS; Perceived health; Risk prediction; SF 12

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PERCEPTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 12; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64249162854     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318190b716     Document Type: Article

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