Multiple chronic conditions and disabilities: Implications for health services research and data demands

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1523-1540

  Iezzoni, Lisa I ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic conditions; coding nomenclatures; comparative effectiveness research; disability; functional status; health information technology; quality measurement

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOMENCLATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL CODING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77956600586     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01145.x     Document Type: Review

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