Identifying heterogeneous health profiles of primary care utilizers and their differential healthcare utilization and mortality - a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heterogeneity of population health needs and the resultant difficulty in health care resources planning are challenges faced by primary care systems globally. To address this challenge in population health management, it is critical to have a better understanding of primary care utilizers' heterogeneous health profiles. We aimed to segment a population of primary care utilizers into classes with unique disease patterns, and to report the 1 year follow up healthcare utilizations and all-cause mortality across the classes.

Methods

Using de-identified administrative data, we included all adult Singapore citizens or permanent residents who utilized Singapore Health Services (SingHealth) primary care services in 2012. Latent class analysis was used to identify patient

SUBMITTER: Yan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6477732 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature