Do hierarchical condition category model scores predict hospitalization risk in newly enrolled medicare advantage participants as well as probability of repeated admission scores?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2306-2310

  Mosley, David G ^a   Peterson, Eileen ^a   Martin, David C ^a  

^a UNITEDHEALTH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

HCC; PRA; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEPHONE;

AGED; FORECASTING; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICARE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71549153487     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02558.x     Document Type: Article

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