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Performance of statistical models to predict mental health and substance abuse cost

BACKGROUND: Providers use risk-adjustment systems to help manage healthcare costs. Typically, ordinary least squares (OLS) models on either untransformed or log-transformed cost are used. We examine the predictive ability of several statistical models, demonstrate how model choice depends on the goa...

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Autores principales: Montez-Rath, Maria, Christiansen, Cindy L, Ettner, Susan L, Loveland, Susan, Rosen, Amy K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1636059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17067394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-6-53