The promise for reducing healthcare cost with predictive model: An analysis with quantized evaluation metric on readmission

• Main Authors: Teo, Kareen, Yong, Ching Wai, Muhamad, Farina, Mohafez, Hamidreza, Hasikin, Khairunnisa, Xia, Kaijian, Qian, Pengjiang, Dhanalakshmi, Samiappan, Utama, Nugraha Priya, Lai, Khin Wee
• Format: Article
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2021
• Subjects: R Medicine; RA Public aspects of medicine; TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/34391/

Quality of care data has gained transparency captured through various measurements and reporting. Readmission measure is especially related to unfavorable patient outcomes that directly bends the curve of healthcare cost. Under the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, payments to hospitals were r...