Open AccessDeterminants of Total End-of-Life Health Care Costs of Medicare Beneficiaries: A Quantile Regression Forests Analysis
Author(s) -
Lihua Li,
Liangyuan Hu,
Jiayi Ji,
Karen McKendrick,
Jaison Moreno,
Amy S. Kelley,
Madhu Mazumdar,
Melissa Aldridge
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series a, biological sciences and medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/glab176
Subject(s) - quantile regression , medicine , health care , quantile , medicaid , percentile , demography , gerontology , statistics , economics , econometrics , mathematics , sociology , economic growth
To identify and rank the importance of key determinants of end-of-life (EOL) health care costs, and to understand how the key factors impact different percentiles of the distribution of health care costs.