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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2012 Aug;50(8):643–653. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182549c74

TABLE 2.

Performance Characteristics of Models Predicting 9 Cost and Utilization Outcomes

Individual-Level R2
(N=456,781)
Practice-Level
(N=436) Grouped R2
Predictions

Mean
(Std. Dev)
Generic
(RRS0)
Tailored
(RRSi)
Generic
(RRS0)
Tailored
(RRSi)
Total health spending, in dollars (Y0)* 3,781
(12,113)
42% 42% 78% 78%
Total prescription drug spending, in dollars* 836
(1,937)
19% 37% 69% 86%
Number of prescriptions for antibiotics of
concern
0.57
(1.12)
3% 29% 5% 47%
Number of prescriptions for antibiotics 1.06
(1.69)
4% 32% 6% 56%
Hospital admissions, all types 0.058
(0.276)
13% 53% 39% 64%
Hospital admissions, not related to childbirth,
pregnancy, or behavioral health
0.035
(0.224)
19% 43% 66% 76%
Hospital admissions for ambulatory-caresensitive
conditions
0.004
(0.067)
4% 19% 14% 41%
Advanced imaging tests in relative value units
(RVUs)
3.17
(11.04)
25% 46% 65% 79%
Emergency department visits 0.18
(0.54)
3% 25% 0% 17%