In a message dated 1/7/2007 11:36:32 AM Mountain Standard Time,  
dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com writes:
Perhaps.  A more meaningful statistic would be percentage of costs rather  
than
percentage of patients. Statistics can be "optimized" to show  anything you 
might
want to "prove".
OK, in Jim's example 100% of the patients with false ID's paid 0% of the  
costs for the services they received.  Pretty Optimal and Obvious to  me.
 
_Robert B. Houston Rampant, Inc. Transervicios SA de CV _ 
(http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1375.html) Isn't it interesting that the  
same people who 
laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and  economists?
_Kelvin Throop  III_ 
(http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Kelvin_Throop_III/) 
 
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