Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-478) and index.
Contents:
1 Reasons for Risk Adjustment, Lisa I. Iezzoni -- 2 Getting Started and Defining Terms, Lisa I. Iezzoni -- 3 Range of Risk Factors, Lisa I. Iezzoni -- 4 Windows of Observation, Amy K. Rosen -- 5 Coded Data from Administrative Sources, Lisa I. Iezzoni -- 6 Clinical Data from Medical Records or Providers, Lisa I. Iezzoni -- 7 Data from Surveys or Asking Patients, Lisa I. Iezzoni -- 8 Conceptual and Practical Issues in Developing -- Risk-Adjustment Methods, Jennifer Daley, Lisa -- Iezzoni, and Michael Shwartz -- 9 Validity and Reliability of Risk Adjusters, Jennifer -- Daley, Arlene S. Ash, and Lisa I. Iezzoni -- 10 Evaluating Risk-Adjustment Models Empirically, Michael Shwartz and Arlene S. Ash -- 11 Estimating the Effect of an Intervention from Observational Data, Michael Shwartz and Arlene S. Ash -- 12 Comparing Outcomes Across Providers, Arlene S. Ash, Michael Shwartz, and Erol A. Pekoz -- 13 Risk Adjustment in Pediatric Populations, Karen Kuhlthau and Timothy G. Ferris -- 14 Risk Adjustment for Mental Health Care, Richard -- Hermann -- 15 Risk Adjustment for Studying Health Care Outcomes of People with Disabilities, Lisa I. Iezzoni -- 16 Risk Adjustment for Studying Long-Term Care, Dan Berlowitz and Amy K. Rosen -- 17 Final Observations, Lisa I. Iezzoni
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