Assessing the validity of a data driven segmentation approach: A 4 year longitudinal study of healthcare utilization and mortality

• Main Authors: Low L.L., Yan S., Kwan Y.H., Tan C.S., Thumboo J.
• Other Authors: DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2020
• Subjects: adult; aged; Article; atrial fibrillation; chronic disease; chronic liver disease; chronic obstructive lung disease; cluster analysis; controlled study; cor pulmonale; disease burden; emergency ward; end stage renal disease; female; health care utilization; heart failure; hospital admission; human; hyperlipidemia; hypertension; longitudinal study; major clinical study; male; middle aged; morbidity; mortality rate; mortality risk; outpatient care; peripheral vascular disease; primary medical care; prostate hypertrophy; Singapore; survival time; ambulatory care; electronic health record; epidemiology; health care cost; health care delivery; health care planning; hospital emergency service; hospital patient; hospitalization; outpatient; patient attitude; reproducibility; trends; utilization; Ambulatory Care; Cluster Analysis; Delivery of Health Care; Electronic Health Records; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Health Care Costs; Health Resources; Hospitalization; Humans; Inpatients; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Outpatients; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Reproducibility of Results
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/165903
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1371/journal.pone.0195243