Risk adjustment: Towards achieving meaningful comparison of health outcomes in the real world

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 552-558

  Yew, Yoong Ding ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Health Services Research; Outcome assessement; Regression analysis; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCIENCE; STRATIFICATION; VALIDITY;

EID: 67649831507     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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