Improving risk equalization using multiple-year high cost as a health indicator

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-144

  Van Kleef, Richard C ^a   Van Vliet, René C J A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

claims data; efficiency; health insurance; risk equalization; risk selection

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMPENSATION; CONTINUOUS PROSPECTIVE COMPENSATION; COST CONTROL; FIXED PROSPECTIVE COMPENSATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE COMPENSATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK EQUALIZATION MODEL;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856053868     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31822ebf8b     Document Type: Article

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