Adjusting Risk Adjustment - Accounting for Variation in Diagnostic Intensity

N Engl J Med. 2017 Feb 16;376(7):608-610. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1613238.

Authors

Amy Finkelstein¹, Matthew Gentzkow¹, Peter Hull¹, Heidi Williams¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (A.F., P.H., H.W.), and the National Bureau of Economic Research (A.F., M.G., H.W.) - both in Cambridge, MA; and the Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (M.G.).

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MeSH terms

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.
Diagnosis*
Humans
Linear Models
Medicare*
Reimbursement Mechanisms
Risk Adjustment / methods
Risk Adjustment / standards
Risk Adjustment / statistics & numerical data*
Severity of Illness Index
United States

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