Question

what do you think of using small area studies based on large Medicare databases to identify outliers?

Answer 1

The use of small area studies based on large Medicare database to identify outliers are as following

• The group is small it has a good control to the research and the researcher
• Identification of errors can be easy and earlier because even minute alteration can deviate the result which can be traced at the earliest
• This can be cost effective and unnecessary expenditure can be reduced from the small studies
• Appropriate and accurate results can be achieved
• Smaller studies needs less time and it is quite faster than larger group in a research
• The approximately estimation can be done on the advantages, drawbacks, limits in a study.