Development and validation of a psychiatric case-mix system

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 568-580

  Sloan, Kevin L ^a,b   Montez Rath, Maria E ^c,d   Spiro, Avron ^c,d   Christiansen, Cindy L ^c,d   Loveland, Susan ^c   Shokeen, Priti ^c   Herz, Lawrence ^c,e   Eisen, Susan ^c   Breckenridge, James N ^f   Rosen, Amy K ^c,e  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral health care; Case mix; Disease burden; Mental health; Psychiatry; Risk adjustment; Substance use disorders; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; VETERAN;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VETERANS;

EID: 33745327352     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000215819.76050.a1     Document Type: Article

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