Developing algorithms for healthcare insurers to systematically monitor surgical site infection rates

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Huang, Susan S ^a,b   Livingston, James M ^a,b   Rawson, Nigel S B ^c,d   Schmaltz, Steven ^e,f   Platt, Richard ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Center for Health Care Policy and Evaluation   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Canada)

^e HUMANA INC   (United States)

^f DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INSURANCE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250866299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-7-20     Document Type: Article

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