Applying case mix adjustment in profiling primary care physician performance

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Chang, Wei ^a   McCracken, Scott B ^b  

^a Medical Management Department   (United States)

^b Hlth Mgmt Info Serv Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Case mix adjustment; Methodology; Profiling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MIX; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; BLUE CROSS; BLUE SHIELD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IOWA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0029739880     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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