Characterising and predicting persistent high-cost utilisers in healthcare: a retrospective cohort study in Singapore.
Sheryl Hui Xian NgChuen Seng TanIan Yi Han AngSrinath SridharanSravan RamachandranDebby Dan WangAstrid KhooMengling FengSue-Anne Ee Shiow TohXin Quan TanPublished in: BMJ open (2020)
The HU population could be stratified into PHUs and THUs, with distinctly different utilisation trajectories. We developed a model that could predict at the end of 1 year, whether a patient in our population will continue to be a HU in the next 2 years. This knowledge would allow healthcare providers to target PHUs in our health system with interventions in a cost-effective manner.