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We measured costs in 2011 U.S. dollars, inflating prior costs using the U.S. Consumer Price Index.
The same goes for internet interventions; it is marginal (future) costs that matter, not sunk (prior) costs that would not need to be repeated.
Prior studies conducted among patients with mental health disorders have used prior costs as a proxy measure for disease severity and predictor of future healthcare costs [ 27– 29].
This has long been the rationale for using prior costs in themselves for budget planning by hospitals and the primary care setting in Spain [ 2].
Previous studies have shown that combined prior costs and morbidity measures are important in determining future high cost patients [ 24, 30, 41].
Finally, prior costs have been shown to predict follow-up heath care utilization and costs [ 26] and have been previously used as a proxy for disease severity [ 28, 29].
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The company cites a 2014 Ericsson Mobility study when explaining why it has moved away from its prior cost-by-device barrier to entry.
Total costs for attack-aborting medications were computed on the basis of the utilization rates reported for chronic cluster headache patients in the prior costing study [7] and 2014 medication costs [14], following the same approach as that taken in the original study.
The model which included prior cost increased 0.08 in R-square.
Diagnostic, medication and prior cost data were used to develop PMs based on the Johns Hopkins ACG methodology.
The prospective models showed a remarkable improvement when adjusted by prior cost.
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