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Modeling Heterogeneity in Healthcare Utilization Using Massive Medical Claims Data

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  • Ross P. Hilton
  • Yuchen Zheng
  • Nicoleta Serban

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We introduce a modeling approach for characterizing heterogeneity in healthcare utilization using massive medical claims data. We first translate the medical claims observed for a large study population and across five years into individual-level discrete events of care called utilization sequences. We model the utilization sequences using an exponential proportional hazards mixture model to capture heterogeneous behaviors in patients’ healthcare utilization. The objective is to cluster patients according to their longitudinal utilization behaviors and to determine the main drivers of variation in healthcare utilization while controlling for the demographic, geographic, and health characteristics of the patients. Due to the computational infeasibility of fitting a parametric proportional hazards model for high-dimensional, large-sample size data we use an iterative one-step procedure to estimate the model parameters and impute the cluster membership. The approach is used to draw inferences on utilization behaviors of children in the Medicaid system with persistent asthma across six states. We conclude with policy implications for targeted interventions to improve adherence to recommended care practices for pediatric asthma. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.

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  • Ross P. Hilton & Yuchen Zheng & Nicoleta Serban, 2018. "Modeling Heterogeneity in Healthcare Utilization Using Massive Medical Claims Data," Journal of the American Statistical Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 113(521), pages 111-121, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:jnlasa:v:113:y:2018:i:521:p:111-121
    DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2017.1330203
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    1. Wei Zhao & Limin Peng & John Hanfelt, 2022. "Semiparametric latent class analysis of recurrent event data," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 84(4), pages 1175-1197, September.

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