Member risk adjustment for ambulatory episodes of care

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 125-136

  Brailer, David J ^a   Kroch, Eugene A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033156656     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019091929397     Document Type: Article

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