- Hendrik J Beerstecher, GP principal1
- 1Canterbury Road Surgery, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4JA, UK
- hendrick.beerstecher{at}nhs.net
The models for health expenditure at practice level presented by Dixon and colleagues have impressive predictive power.1 The approach and selection of variables seems to be logical and sensible. However, the authors exclude historic healthcare cost, a powerful predictor of individual future healthcare cost, on the basis that its inclusion would either be a perverse incentive for …
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