TY - JOUR AU - Low, Lian Leng AU - Kwan, Yu Heng AU - Liu, Nan AU - Jing, Xuan AU - Low, Edwin Cheng Tee AU - Thumboo, Julian PY - 2017 DA - 2017/11/23 TI - Evaluation of a practical expert defined approach to patient population segmentation: a case study in Singapore JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 771 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Segmenting the population into groups that are relatively homogeneous in healthcare characteristics or needs is crucial to facilitate integrated care and resource planning. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of segmenting the population into discrete, non-overlapping groups using a practical expert and literature driven approach. We hypothesized that this approach is feasible utilizing the electronic health record (EHR) in SingHealth. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2736-8 DO - 10.1186/s12913-017-2736-8 ID - Low2017 ER -