Date of Award
5-1-2014
Call Number
RA410.53 .K66 2014
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Mathematics & Statistics
First Advisor
Cheng Peng
Second Advisor
Muhammed El-Taha
Third Advisor
AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa
Keywords
Health Care, United States
Abstract
Health care costs in the United States have risen at rates far exceeding the cost of living for many years. Previous attempts to control these costs have proven futile. Studies have shown that high per-capita spending in the U.S. does not equate to consistent quality of care or better outcomes.
Recommended Citation
Knowles, Daniel MacDonald MS, "Discovering Predictors of Readmission for Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Medicare Population: A Data Mining Approach" (2014). All Student Scholarship. 99.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/etd/99
