Risk adjustment methods for Home Care Quality Indicators (HCQIs) based on the minimum data set for home care

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Dalby, Dawn M ^a,b   Hirdes, John P ^c,d   Fries, Brant E ^e,f  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St Joseph Health Centre   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d Homewood Health Centre Guelph   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SEX RATIO; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 14544294009     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-7     Document Type: Article

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