Relationship Between Diabetes Codes That Affect Medicare Reimbursement (Tier Comorbidities) and Outcomes in Stroke Rehabilitation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1110-1116

  Graham, James E ^a   Ripsin, Cynthia M ^b   Deutsch, Anne ^c   Kuo, Yong Fang ^a   Markello, Sam ^d   Granger, Carl V ^d   Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Prospective payment system; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; AGED; ARTICLE; CODING AND CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649400418     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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