Impact of socioeconomic adjustment on physicians' relative cost of care

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 454-460

  Timbie, Justin W ^a   Hussey, Peter S ^a   Adams, John L ^b   Ruder, Teague W ^a   Mehrotra, Ateev ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

case mix adjustment; cost estimation; profiling; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84876298196     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31828d1251     Document Type: Article

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