Health Expenditure Concentration and Characteristics of High-Cost Enrollees in CHIP

• Main Authors: Bisakha Sen PhD (Author), Justin Blackburn PhD (Author), Monica S. Aswani MSPH (Author), Michael A. Morrisey PhD (Author), David J. Becker PhD (Author), Meredith L. Kilgore PhD (Author), Cathy Caldwell MPH (Author), Chris Sellers MPH (Author), Nir Menachemi PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Devising effective cost-containment strategies in public insurance programs requires understanding the distribution of health care spending and characteristics of high-cost enrollees. The aim was to characterize high-cost enrollees in a state's public insurance program and determine whether exp...