Pharmacy- and diagnosis-based risk adjustment for children with medicaid

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1155-1159

  Kuhlthau, Karen ^a   Ferris, Timothy G ^a,b   Davis, Roger B ^c   Perrin, James M ^a   Iezzoni, Lisa I ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Diagnosis; Expenditures; Medicaid; Pharmacy; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAID; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744499759     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000182551.87591.73     Document Type: Article

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