Using diagnostic clusters to evaluate patterns of treatment and develop capitation rates.
Payers and providers of medical services need to understand what is effective in medical care and what determines patient outcomes. The diagnostic cluster methodology offers a way to analyze physicians' overall practice patterns in treating a specific medical condition and provides a good foundation for performing medical outcomes studies.
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