Decomposition of outpatient health care spending by disease - a novel approach using insurance claims data

Abstract Background Decomposing health care spending by disease, type of care, age, and sex can lead to a better understanding of the drivers of health care spending. But the lack of diagnostic coding in outpatient care often precludes a decomposition by disease. Yet, health insurance claims data ho...

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Main Authors: Michael Stucki, Janina Nemitz, Maria Trottmann, Simon Wieser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07262-x