Morbidity trajectories as predictors of utilization: Multi-year disease patterns in taiwan's national health insurance program

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 918-923

  Chang, Hsien Yen ^a   Clark, Jeanne M ^a,b   Weiner, Jonathan P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

adjusted clinical group (ACG); longitudinal morbidity trajectories; predictive modeling; risk adjustment; Taiwan's national health insurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN;

DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 80052926562     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31821b344f     Document Type: Article

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