Classifying Rehabilitation Inpatients by Expected Functional Gain

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 963-973

  Stineman, Margaret G ^a   Goin, James E ^b   Tassoni, Charles J ^c   Granger, Carl V ^d   Williams, Sankey V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DataMedix Corporation   (United States)

^c Robert Wood Johnson P   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Models; Outcome and process assessment; Prospective payment system; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION TREE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISABLED PERSON; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031230705     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199709000-00008     Document Type: Article

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