TY - BOOK ID - 4778848 TI - Risk adjustment for measuring health care outcomes PY - 2003 SN - 156793207X PB - Chicago, Ill. Health Administration Press DB - UniCat KW - W 84 Health services. Quality of health care (General) KW - Models, Statistical KW - Decision Support Techniques KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - Outcome Assessment (Health Care) KW - Risk Adjustment KW - Risk Factors KW - Health risk assessment. KW - Outcome assessment (Medical care). UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4778848 AB - This new edition by Lisa Iezzoni examines how risk adjustment controls for the intrinsic health risks that patients bring to their healthcare encounters. For determining costs or comparing clinical outcomes, it thus levels the playing field, ensuring that apples are compared to apples, not to oranges.This new edition is your comprehensive guide to risk adjustment for comparing outcomes of care across different patients, treatments, providers, health plans, or populations. It covers everything from developing risk adjusters to determining data sources to tackling issues related to special populations. A handy reference, it also includes a glossary of common acronyms, and references to web sites are found throughout the text, offering additional resources. ER -