Predicting cost of care using self-reported health status data

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Boscardin, Christy K ^a   Gonzales, Ralph ^a   Bradley, Kent L ^b   Raven, Maria C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Safeway Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Health insurance; Predictive models

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941978855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1063-1     Document Type: Article

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