An in-depth assessment of a diagnosis-based risk adjustment model based on national health insurance claims: The application of the Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Group case-mix system in Taiwan

BMC Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chang, Hsien Yen ^a   Weiner, Jonathan P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; DIAGNOSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH INSURANCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649166912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-8-7     Document Type: Article

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