Comparison of the performance of the CMS Hierarchical Condition Category (CMS-HCC) risk adjuster with the Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidity measures in predicting mortality

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Li, Pengxiang ^a,b   Kim, Michelle M ^c   Doshi, Jalpa A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955672045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-245     Document Type: Article

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