title: Health-based risk assessment levels the playing field.
abstract: Although many capitated organizations have used demographic information to assess and adjust for health risk, the results have been less than satisfactory. Health-based risk assessment goes an important step further and shows promise as a better predictor of future costs.
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States