Application of a propensity score approach for risk adjustment in profiling multiple physician groups on asthma care

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 253-278

  Huang, I Chan ^a   Frangakis, Constantine ^a   Dominici, Francesca ^a   Diette, Gregory B ^a,b   Wu, Albert W ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Physician group; Profiling; Propensity score; Regression to the mean; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BENCHMARKING; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 13644264775     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00352.x     Document Type: Review

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