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Developing population profiles from dental claims data for conceptualizing effectiveness of care
Author(s) -
Hayden WJ,
Marcus M,
Lewis CE
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.1989.53.11.tb02363.x
Subject(s) - observational study , actuarial science , dental care , population , conceptual framework , econometrics , data science , medicine , computer science , statistics , psychology , mathematics , family medicine , business , sociology , environmental health , social science
The purpose of this study was to explore longitudinal observational analysis of insurance claims data with goal of graphically demonstrating that effective dental care leads to the diminished use of services in subsequent time intervals. Using the Rand HIE claims data, definitions of the best patients for whom claims data would be profiled and the best parameters to use in rate calculations for the time series graphs were empirically derived. Profiles using these definitions were found to be very similar to a conceptual model of such profiles.