Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Application of Text Mining Methodologies to Health Insurance Schedules

Application of Text Mining Methodologies to Health Insurance Schedules

Ah Chung Tsoi, Phuong Kim To, Markus Hagenbuchner
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781599049908|ISBN10: 1599049902|EISBN13: 9781599049915
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-990-8.ch045
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Tsoi, Ah Chung, et al. "Application of Text Mining Methodologies to Health Insurance Schedules." Handbook of Research on Text and Web Mining Technologies, edited by Min Song and Yi-Fang Brook Wu, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 785-806. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-990-8.ch045

APA

Tsoi, A. C., To, P. K., & Hagenbuchner, M. (2009). Application of Text Mining Methodologies to Health Insurance Schedules. In M. Song & Y. Brook Wu (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Text and Web Mining Technologies (pp. 785-806). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-990-8.ch045

Chicago

Tsoi, Ah Chung, Phuong Kim To, and Markus Hagenbuchner. "Application of Text Mining Methodologies to Health Insurance Schedules." In Handbook of Research on Text and Web Mining Technologies, edited by Min Song and Yi-Fang Brook Wu, 785-806. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-990-8.ch045

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

This chapter describes the application of a number of text mining techniques to discover patterns in the health insurance schedule with an aim to uncover any inconsistency or ambiguity in the schedule. In particular, we will apply first a simple “bag of words” technique to study the text data, and to evaluate the hypothesis: Is there any inconsistency in the text description of the medical procedures used? It is found that the hypothesis is not valid, and hence the investigation is continued on how best to cluster the text. This work would have significance to health insurers to assist them to differentiate descriptions of the medical procedures. Secondly, it would also assist the health insurer to describe medical procedures in an unambiguous manner.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.