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Current Uses of Large Data Sets to Assess the Quality of Providers: Construction of Risk-Adjusted Indexes of Hospital Performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Susan Desharnais
Susan Desharnais
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Abstract

This article examines how large data sets can be used for evaluating the effects of health policy changes and for flagging providers with potential quality problems. An example is presented, illustrating how three risk-adjusted measures of hospital performance were developed using patient discharge abstracts. Advantages and disadvantage of this approach are discussed.

Type
Special Section: Measuring Health Care Effectiveness: Use of Large Data Bases for Technology and Quality Assessments
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , January 1990 , pp. 229 - 238
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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