Does diagnostic information contribute to predicting functional decline in long-term care?

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 647-659

  Rosen, Amy ^a,b   Wu, Jeanne ^a   Chang, Bei Hung ^a,b   Berlowitz, Dan ^a,b   Ash, Arlene ^c   Moskowitz, Mark ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case mix; Long term care; Quality of care; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLASSIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIBRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONG-TERM CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0034200003     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200006000-00006     Document Type: Article

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