Modeling count data for health care utilization: an empirical study of outpatient visits among Vietnamese older people

Abstract Background Vietnam is undergoing a fast-aging process that poses potential critical issues for older people and central among those is demand for healthcare utilization. However, healthcare utilization, here measured as count data, creates challenges for modeling because such data typically...

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Published in:	BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Main Authors:	Duc Dung Le, Roberto Leon Gonzalez, Joseph Upile Matola
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2021-09-01
Subjects:	Count data Vietnam Modeling healthcare utilization Older people Outpatient visits Hurdle models
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-021-01619-2