Risk adjustment and risk-adjusted provider profiles

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 15-42

  Shwartz, Michael ^a   Ash, Arlene ^b   Peköz, Erol ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Provider profiling; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 30044447299     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2006.007871     Document Type: Article

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