Impact of sociodemographic case mix on the HEDIS measures of health plan quality

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 981-992

  Zaslavsky, Alan M ^a   Hochheimer, John N ^b   Schneider, Eric C ^a   Cleary, Paul D ^a   Seidman, Joshua J ^c   McGlynn, Elizabeth A ^d   Thompson, Joseph W ^e   Sennett, Cary ^f   Epstein, Arnold M ^g  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE   (United States)

^c Advisory Board Company   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^f BenefitNation Inc   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case mix adjustment; Clinical quality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034293068     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200010000-00002     Document Type: Article

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