Alternative comorbidity adjustors for the medicare inpatient psychiatric facility PPS

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-82

  Drozd, Edward M ^a   Maier, Jan ^a   Hales, Jan F ^b   Thomas, Frederick G ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62349138171     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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