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Cluster analysis and its application to healthcare claims data: a study of end-stage renal disease patients who initiated hemodialysis

BACKGROUND: Cluster analysis (CA) is a frequently used applied statistical technique that helps to reveal hidden structures and “clusters” found in large data sets. However, this method has not been widely used in large healthcare claims databases where the distribution of expenditure data is common...

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Autores principales: Liao, Minlei, Li, Yunfeng, Kianifard, Farid, Obi, Engels, Arcona, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4776444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26936756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-016-0238-2