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Declining Accuracy in Disease Classification on Health Insurance Claims: Should We Reconsider Classification by Principal Diagnosis?

BACKGROUND: An ideal classification should have maximum intercategory variance and minimal intracategory variance. Health insurance claims typically include multiple diagnoses and are classified into different disease categories by choosing principal diagnoses. The accuracy of classification based o...

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Autor principal: Okamoto, Etsuji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Epidemiological Association 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3900816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20065616
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20090044