Risk Adjustment for Measuring Healthcare Outcomes

Author: Lisa Iezzoni
Edition: Fourth
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1567934374

Risk Adjustment for Measuring Healthcare Outcomes, Fourth Edition

AVAILABLE SUMMER 2012 Like its predecessors, the fourth edition of Risk Adjustment for Measuring Health Care Outcomes presents the fundamental principles and concepts of risk adjustment for comparing outcomes of care and explains why risk adjustment is a critical tool for measuring quality and setting reimbursement rates.
by Lisa Iezzoni - Health Administration Press (2013) - Hardback - ISBN 1567934374 9781567934373
This book is a comprehensive guide to the issues raised by risk adjustment, including the pros and cons of different data sources, the validity and reliability of risk adjustment methods, the effects of various statistical modeling approaches, and concerns relating to special populations. The fourth edition features: A new chapter on the role of risk adjustment in managing health