Performance of comorbidity, risk adjustment, and functional status measures in expenditure prediction for patients with diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-80

  Maciejewski, Matthew L ^a,b   Liu, Chuan Fen ^c,d   Fihn, Stephan D ^c,d  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VETERAN;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 64549149405     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc08-1099     Document Type: Article

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