Evaluating diagnosis-based case-mix measures: How well do they apply to the VA population?

Medical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 692-704

  Rosen, Amy K ^a,b   Loveland, Susan ^a   Anderson, Jennifer J ^a,b   Rothendler, James A ^a,b   Hankin, Cheryl S ^a,c   Rakovski, Carter C ^a   Moskowitz, Mark A ^d   Berlowitz, Dan R ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Case mix; Provider profiling; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 0035403824     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200107000-00006     Document Type: Article

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