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A two-part model of the individual costs of chronic kidney disease

ByBrian Hartman, Courtney Larson, Christopher Kunkel, Cason Wight, and Richard Warr
16 December 2021

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affects many lives and has a large impact on health systems around the world. To better understand and predict costs for insurance plan members with CKD in the United States, we built a new model of their individual costs. Our model is the first to explicitly model both the CKD stage transition process and the distribution of costs given those stages.

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This article was originally posted by the Society of Actuaries. 


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Brian Hartman

Courtney Larson

Cason Wight

Richard Warr

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