Comparison of the predictive validity of diagnosis-based risk adjusters for clinical outcomes

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-67

  Petersen, Laura A ^a,b   Pietz, Kenneth ^a,b   Woodard, LeChauncy D ^a,b   Byrne, Margaret ^c  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjusted clinical groups; Age; Capitation; Diagnostic cost groups; Long term care; Mortality; Predictive validity; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12344298231     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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