Profiling Outcomes of Ambulatory Care Casemix Affects Perceived Performance

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 928-933

  Berlowitz, Dan R ^a,b   Ash, Arlene S ^b   Hickey, Elaine C ^a   Kader, Boris ^a,b   Friedman, Robert ^b   Moskowitz, Mark A ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Lung diseases, obstructive; Outcome assessment; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BOSTON; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032089160     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199806000-00015     Document Type: Article

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