Mortality Trends for Veterans Hospitalized With Heart Failure and Pneumonia Using Claims-Based vs Clinical Risk-Adjustment Variables.
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DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.5970
Abstract: Importance Prior studies have reported declines in mortality for patients admitted to Veterans Health Administration (VA) and non-VA hospitals using claims-based risk adjustment. These apparent mortality reductions may be influenced by changes in coding practices.… read more here.
Keywords: claims based; risk; mortality; points per ... See more keywords