Comparison of alternative risk adjustment measures for predictive modeling: High risk patient case finding using Taiwan's National Health Insurance claims

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chang, Hsien Yen ^a   Lee, Wui Chiang ^b   Weiner, Jonathan P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 78650275261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-343     Document Type: Article

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