Risk-adjusted quality outcome measures: indexes for benchmarking rates of mortality, complications, and readmissions...Quality Management in Health Care, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 80-87, copyright 1997, Aspen Publishers, Inc.

This article describes a risk-adjusted approach for profiling hospitals and physicians on quality outcomes using readily available administrative data. By comparing risk-adjusted rates of mortality, complications, and readmissions to rates for peers, national norms, and benchmarks, this approach ena...

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Publicado en:Journal of Rehabilitation Outcomes Measurement Vol. 1; no. 6; pp. 59 - 66
Autores principales: DesHarnais SI, Forthman MT, Homa-Lowry JM, Wooster LD
Formato: tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Aspen Law & Business 1997 Dec
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