DM: Re: Fwd: Request to Post Query on both DM and consultant lists

[Monte Hancock]

Dorothy:

See my paper:

Estimating Dollar-Value Outcomes Of Workman's Compensation Claims 
Using
Radial Basis Function Networks

M. F. Hancock, Jr., MS
Chief Scientist, CSI, Inc. Melbourne, Florida
Adjunct Faculty, Dept of Mathematics, Rollins College,
Distance Learning Faculty, University of Florida
Winter Park, Florida

Presented at the Workshop on Environmental and Energy Applications of 
Neural
Networks
Pacific Northwest Laboratory
March 1995

Published:
Applications of Neural Networks
in Environment, Energy, and Health
Word Scientific Publishing, Co. 1995

Abstract

A commercial source maintains a national data base of outcomes of 
workers'
compensation claims. We consider whether a radial basis function 
network
(RBF) can predict the total dollar value of a claim based upon 
medical and
demographic indicators (MDI's). This work used data from 12,130 
workers'
compensation claims collected over a period of four years from the 
state of
New Mexico.

Two problems were addressed:

How well can the total incurred medical expense for all claims be 
predicted
from available MDI's? For individual claims?
How well can the duration of disability be predicted from available 
MDI's?

For the complete paper, go to our web page at http://csihq.com



>>From: "donald will moran" <donmoran@email.msn.com>
>>To: <nautilus-info@nautilus-systems.com>
>>Subject: Request to Post Query on both DM and consultant lists
>>Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 17:30:07 -0400
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>>Can we post to both the general DM & consultants list something 
>like the
following:
>>...
>>"Does anyone have experience applying DM techniques to the study of 
>the
>>determinants of high cost medical cases using standard 
>administrative
health
>>insurance claims data>Dorothy Firsching
>CEO
>Nautilus Systems, Inc.
>3867 Alder Woods Court
>Fairfax, VA  22033
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>
>