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Classification of ambulatory care using patient-based, time-oriented indexes.
- Source :
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Medical care [Med Care] 1985 Jun; Vol. 23 (6), pp. 780-8. - Publication Year :
- 1985
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Abstract
- This paper presents a new approach to the classification of ambulatory care into isoresource consumption groups. In contrast to classification schemes based on visits, this case-mix approach creates an index based on resources used by diagnostic categories by a patient during a year. An application of this method to a primary care, group practice data base produced resource consumption groups with coefficients of variation in an acceptable range compared with the coefficients of variation of the diagnosis-related groups used to classify inpatient care.
- Subjects :
- Abstracting and Indexing
Adult
Aged
California
Female
Group Practice statistics & numerical data
Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Office Visits statistics & numerical data
Primary Health Care statistics & numerical data
Prospective Payment System
Time Factors
Ambulatory Care classification
Costs and Cost Analysis
Diagnosis-Related Groups
Health Resources statistics & numerical data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0025-7079
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Medical care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 3925255
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005650-198506000-00003