Population Segmentation Based on Healthcare Needs: Validation of a Brief Clinician-Administered Tool.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As populations age with increasingly complex chronic conditions, segmenting populations into clinically meaningful categories of healthcare and related service needs can provide healthcare planners with crucial information to optimally meet needs. However, while conventional approaches typically involve electronic medical records (EMRs), such records do not always capture information reliably or accurately.

Objective

We describe the inter-rater reliability and predictive validity of a clinician-administered tool, the Simple Segmentation Tool (SST) for categorizing older individuals into one of six Global Impression (GI) segments and eight complicating factors (CFs) indicative of healthcare and related social needs.

Design

Observational study ( ClinicalTrial

SUBMITTER: Chong JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7859147 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature