Performance of diagnosis-based risk adjustment measures in a population of sick Australians

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 500-507

  Duckett, Stephen J ^a   Agius, P A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036969880     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2002.tb00356.x     Document Type: Article

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