Introduction Multimorbidity has been linked to elevated healthcare utilization and previous
studies have found that socioeconomic status is an important factor associated with …

Objective To predict future medical expenditures, health care utilization, and mortality in
Switzerland using an updated chronic disease score (CDS), a chronic morbidity measure …

Objective. To compare the likelihood of being a frequent attender (FA) to general practice
among native Norwegians and immigrants, and to study socioeconomic and morbidity …

Abstract Background The Italian National Health Service (NHS) provides universal coverage
to all citizens, granting primary and hospital care with a copayment system for outpatient and …

Background Risk adjustment instruments applied to existing electronic health records and
administrative datasets may contribute to monitoring the correct prescribing of medicines …

Background Rising health care costs are a major public health issue. Thus, accurately
predicting future costs and understanding which factors contribute to increases in health …

Purpose An index for estimating multimorbidity based on prescription claims data is
important for predicting health outcomes for older people in pharmacoepidemiological …

Objectives This article has two main purposes. Firstly, to model the integrated healthcare
expenditure for the entire population of a health district in Spain, according to multimorbidity …

Background: With rising health spending, predicting costs is essential to identify patients for
interventions. Many of the existing approaches have moderate predictive ability, which may …

Objective To estimate the relative health risk of Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries
compared to those in Traditional Medicare (TM). Data Sources/Study Setting Medicare …