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Qual Manag Health Care · Jul 2010
Risk-adjusted indices for measuring the quality of inpatient care.
- M Thane Forthman, Robert S Gold, Henry G Dove, and Richard D Henderson.
- The Delta Group, Inc, Greenville, South Carolina 29601, USA. tfort@thedeltagroup.com
- Qual Manag Health Care. 2010 Jul 1; 19 (3): 265-77.
AbstractThis article describes a risk-adjustment method for profiling hospitals and physicians on key measures of clinical quality using readily available administrative data. By comparing actual and expected rates of mortality, complications, readmissions, and patient safety events, this method enables providers to identify both favorable and adverse outcomes performance.
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