On "risk-adjusting acute myocardial infarction mortality: Are APR-DRGs the right tool?" / Reply

A commentary disagrees with Patrick S. Romano's and Benjamin K. Chan's conclusions - that superior performance of APR-DGRs depends on the inclusion of complications - because they exclude all secondary diagnoses that occur after admission and not just those diagnoses that are preventable c...

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Published in:Health services research 2000-03, Vol.34 (7), p.1491
Main Authors: Goldfield, Norbert, Averill, Richard, Ramano, Patrick S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capitation
Codes
Disease
Heart attacks
Hospitals
Medical diagnosis
Mortality
Patient admissions
Patients
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Summary:A commentary disagrees with Patrick S. Romano's and Benjamin K. Chan's conclusions - that superior performance of APR-DGRs depends on the inclusion of complications - because they exclude all secondary diagnoses that occur after admission and not just those diagnoses that are preventable complications. A reply from Patrick S. Romano is presented.
ISSN:0017-9124
1475-6773