The best of both worlds?: Potential of hybrid prospective/concurrent risk adjustment

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-69

  Dudley, R Adams ^a,b   Medlin, Carol A ^b   Hammann, Lisa B ^c   Cisternas, Miriam G ^d   Brand, Richard ^a   Rennie, Deborah J ^b   Luft, Harold S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^d MCG Data Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing; Chronic disease; Health care financing; Risk adjustment; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037267230     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200301000-00009     Document Type: Article

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