Impact of hospital variables on case mix index as a marker of disease severity

Population Health Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-34

  Mendez, Carmen M ^a,b   Harrington, Darrell W ^a,b   Christenson, Peter ^c   Spellberg, Brad ^a,b,c  

^a Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); CLINICAL CODING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894207263     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2013.0002     Document Type: Article

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