Predictive ability of an expert-defined population segmentation framework for healthcare utilization and mortality - a retrospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Lian Leng Low (Author), Yu Heng Kwan (Author), Cheryl Ann Ma (Author), Shi Yan (Author), Elian Hui San Chia (Author), Julian Thumboo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Population segmentation of patients into parsimonious and relatively homogenous subgroups or segments based on healthcare requirements can aid healthcare resource planning and the development of targeted intervention programs. In this study, we evaluated the predictive ability of...