Risk-adjusted indices for measuring the quality of inpatient care

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-277

  Forthman, M Thane ^a   Gold, Robert S ^b   Dove, Henry G ^c,d   Henderson, Richard D ^a  

^a Delta Group Inc   (United States)

^b Documentation Coding and Billing Accuracy Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Casemix Consulting LLC   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

risk adjusted complications index; risk adjusted mortality index; risk adjusted patient safety index; risk adjusted readmissions index; risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954319220     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0b013e3181eb143d     Document Type: Article

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