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Comparison of absolute mean error of CTREE and CART algorithms for different cost sectors
| Cost sector |
Mean absolute error |
|
|---|---|---|
| CTREE | CART | |
| Total costs |
3,690.87 |
3,611.64 |
| Outpatient care |
284.09 |
293.39 |
| Inpatient care |
1,761.90 |
1,709.78 |
| Medication |
2,012.37 |
1,919.07 |
| Nursing care | 388.12 | 398.37 |
CART = classification and regression tree; CTREE = conditional inference tree.
