Development and validation of a diabetes mellitus severity index: A risk-adjustment tool for predicting health care resource use and costs

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 25, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 676-684

  Joish, Vijay N ^a   Malone, Daniel C ^b   Wendel, Christopher ^c   Draugalis, JoLaine R ^b   Mohler, M Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Health Services Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Diabetes; Health care resources; Predictive models; Risk adjustment; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES SEVERITY INDEX; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 18044380893     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.25.5.676.63594     Document Type: Article

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