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Exploring Cost and Quality of Medicare in the United States using Analytics

Raghupathi, Viju; Raghupathi, Wullianallur - In: International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems … 11 (2016) 2, pp. 1-18

In this research, the authors explore the association of cost and quality of care indicators for Medicare in the United … for Medicare recipients. The cost indicator includes Medicare charges; the quality of care indicators include hospital … location, number of discharges, readmissions, mortality rate, age, percentages of uninsured population and population aged 65 …

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Hybrid Unsupervised Modeling of Air Pollution Impact to Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases

Iliadis, Lazaros; Anezakis, Vardis-Dimitris; Demertzis, … - In: International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis … 9 (2017) 3, pp. 13-35

During the last few decades, climate change has increased air pollutant concentrations with a direct and serious effect on population health in urban areas. This research introduces a hybrid computational intelligence approach, employing unsupervised machine learning (UML), in an effort to model...

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QSPR Models of β-dihydroagarofuran Derivatives: Exploring Lead Compounds for Pesticides

Ferreira da Cunha, Elaine Fontes; Silva, Daniela Rodrigues - In: International Journal of Quantitative … 2 (2017) 2, pp. 1-15

The use of chemical pesticides, although the most effective method for controlling insects, may in the long-term result in pest resistance development as well as it may impact on food quality, the environment and human health. Therefore, the botanical insecticides are interesting alternatives to...

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