Using risk-adjustment models to identify high-cost risks

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1301-1312

  Meenan, Richard T ^a   Goodman, Michael J ^b   Fishman, Paul A ^c   Hornbrook, Mark C ^a   O'Keeffe Rosetti, Maureen C ^a   Bachman, Donald J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Case management; Child health; Health economics; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0642372938     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLR.0000094480.13057.75     Document Type: Article

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