Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-552) and index.
Contents
Reasons for risk adjustment / Lisa I. Iezzoni -- Getting started and defining terms / Lisa I. Iezzoni -- Range of risk factors / Lisa I. Iezzoni -- Windows of observation / Amy K. Rosen and Ann M. Borzecki -- Coded data from administrative sources / Lisa I. Iezzoni -- Clinical data from medical records and health information technologies / Lisa I. Iezzoni -- Data from patient surveys / Lisa I. Iezzoni and Karen Donelan -- Conceptual and practical issues in developing risk adjustment methods / Lisa I. Iezzoni -- Validity and reliability of risk adjustment methods / Lisa I. Iezzoni -- Empirically evaluating risk adjustment models / Michael Shwartz and Arlene S. Ash -- Estimating the effect of an intervention from observational data / Michael Shwartz and Arlene S. Ash -- Comparing outcomes across providers / Arlene S. Ash [and others] -- Risk adjustment in pediatric populations / Karen Kuhlthau, Jeanne Van Cleave, and Timothy G. Ferris -- Risk adjustment for mental health care / Anthony P. Weiss and Mark A. Blais -- Risk adjustment and persons with disabilities / Lisa I. Iezzoni -- Risk adjustment for long-term care / Dan Berlowitz and Orna Intrator -- The role of risk adjustment in managing health care organizations / Jennifer Daley -- Final observations / Lisa I. Iezzoni.
