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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2018 Dec;56(12):1042–1050. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001001

Table 3:

Impact of adding BMI-levels on risk adjustment models (measured by MAPE a of cost b and 95% confidence interval b of MAPE)

Period Concurrent Prospective
Type of Cost Total
Cost
Pharmacy
Cost
Medical
Cost
Total
Cost
Pharmacy
Cost
Medical
Cost
Base Model 1: Age, Sex 100.49
(99.80-101.19)
136.54
(135.79-137.26)
103.40
(102.65-104.15)
105.16
(104.43-105.82)
138.98
(138.35-139.65)
107.86
(107.09-108.51)
Base Model 1 + Four BMI Levels 99.98
(99.28-100.69)
135.91
(135.16-136.66)
103.02
(102.26-103.76)
104.32
(103.60-104.99)
138.38
(137.75-139.09)
107.20
(106.43-107.91)

Base Model 2: Age, Sex, Charlson Index 96.76
(96.11-97.45)
132.18
(131.42-133.04)
100.31
(99.61-101.01)
103.12
(102.45-103.76)
135.05
(134.34-135.89)
106.47
(105.66-107.13)
Base Model 2 + Four BMI Levels 96.48
(95.77-97.14)
131.86
(131.08-132.71)
100.13
(99.42-100.88)
102.53
(101.85-103.14)
134.68
(133.97-135.52)
105.99
(105.21-106.66)

Base Model 3: Age, Sex, ACG Risk Score 67.71
(66.92-68.58)
103.63
(102.69-104.90)
79.28
(78.5-80.06)
86.26
(85.42-86.99)
109.17
(108.15-110.46)
96.86
(96.00-97.52)
Base Model 3 + Four BMI Levels 67.72
(66.92-68.56)
103.78
(102.81-105.04)
79.27
(78.50-80.04)
86.17
(85.36-86.88)
109.33
(108.28-110.58)
96.73
(95.85-97.39)

MAPE: mean absolute prediction error; (b) cost is truncated at top 0.5%; and, (c) 95% confidence interval is generated using 300 runs of different random splitting