Defining 'actionable' high- costhealth care use: results using the Canadian Institute for Health Information population grouping methodology

• Main Authors: Maureen Anderson (Author), Crawford W. Revie (Author), Henrik Stryhn (Author), Cordell Neudorf (Author), Yvonne Rosehart (Author), Wenbin Li (Author), Meriç Osman (Author), David L. Buckeridge (Author), Laura C. Rosella (Author), Walter P. Wodchis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A small proportion of the population consumes the majority of health care resources. High-cost health care users are a heterogeneous group. We aim to segment a provincial population into relevant homogenous sub-groups to provide actionable information on risk factors associated w...