Identifying subgroups of high-need, high-cost, chronically ill patients in primary care: A latent class analysis

Rowan G. M. Smeets; Arianne M. J. Elissen; Mariëlle E. A. L. Kroese; Niels Hameleers; Dirk Ruwaard

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0228103

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Identifying subgroups of high-need, high-cost, chronically ill patients in primary care: A latent class analysis

Rowan G. M. Smeets ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: rowan.smeets@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliation Department of Health Services Research, Maastricht University, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht, The Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8840-3485

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Arianne M. J. Elissen,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Services Research, Maastricht University, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Mariëlle E. A. L. Kroese,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Services Research, Maastricht University, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Niels Hameleers,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Services Research, Maastricht University, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Dirk Ruwaard

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Services Research, Maastricht University, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Identifying subgroups of high-need, high-cost, chronically ill patients in primary care: A latent class analysis

Rowan G. M. Smeets,
Arianne M. J. Elissen,
Mariëlle E. A. L. Kroese,
Niels Hameleers,
Dirk Ruwaard

Published: January 29, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228103

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