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... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Risk Assessment > Risk Adjustment
Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Risk Assessment > Risk Adjustment
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Risk Assessment > Risk Adjustment
Mathematical Concepts > Probability > Risk > Risk Assessment > Risk Adjustment
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... > Investigative Techniques > Epidemiologic Methods > Statistics as Topic > Probability > Risk > Risk Assessment > Risk Adjustment
... > Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Quality of Health Care > Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms > Statistics as Topic > Probability > Risk > Risk Assessment > Risk Adjustment
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Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Quality of Health Care > Quality Indicators, Health Care > Risk Adjustment
Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Quality of Health Care > Quality Indicators, Health Care > Risk Adjustment

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Risk Adjustment  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Adjustment, Case-Mix
  • Adjustments, Case-Mix
  • Case Mix Adjustment
  • Case-Mix Adjustment
  • Case-Mix Adjustments

Scope note

  • The use of severity-of-illness measures, such as age, to estimate the risk (measurable or predictable chance of loss, injury or death) to which a patient is subject before receiving some health care intervention. This adjustment allows comparison of performance and quality across organizations, practitioners, and communities. (from JCAHO, Lexikon, 1994)

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  • 99

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020379

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