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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.
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- 1990
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- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 229-238
- Citations
- 29
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Susan DesHarnais
(1990).
Current Uses of Large Data Sets to Assess the Quality of Providers: Construction of Risk-Adjusted Indexes of Hospital Performance.
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
, 6
(2)
, 229-238.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300000751
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- 10.1017/s0266462300000751