Evaluating alternative risk adjusters for medicare

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-129

  Pope, Gregory C ^a,b   Adamache, Killard W ^a   Walsh, Edith G ^a   Khandker, Rezaul K ^a  

^a Health Economics Research   (United States)

^b Center for Health Economics Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAPITATION FEE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032419058     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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