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4.3 Keeping an Eye on Healthcare Costs: The D2Hawkeye Story

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What were the most important factors in the CART trees to predict cost?

 Cost ranges from the previous year  check

 Risk factors  close

 Chronic conditions  close

 Number of office visits last year  close

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Explanation The most important variables in a CART tree are at the top of the tree - in this case, they are the cost ranges from the previous year.

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