Risk-adjusting acute myocardial infarction mortality: Are APR-DRGs the right tool?

Health Services Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1469-1489

  Romano, Patrick S ^a   Chan, Benjamin K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; APR DRG; Hospital performance; Report card; Risk adjustment; Risk of mortality; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CALIFORNIA; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 0034090810     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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