Validation of case-mix measures derived from self-reports of diagnoses and health

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 371-380

  Fan, Vincent S ^a,b,c   Au, David ^a,b   Heagerty, Patrick ^b   Deyo, Richard A ^b   McDonell, Mary B ^a   Fihn, Stephan D ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Northwest Health Services Research and Development Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Co morbidity; Confounding factors; Proportional hazards model; Quality of life; Questionnaires; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROC CURVE; SMOKING;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; RISK ADJUSTMENT; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0036128406     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00493-0     Document Type: Article

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