Feasibility and validity of International Classification of Diseases based case mix indices

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Severity of illness is an omnipresent confounder in health services research. Resource consumption can be applied as a proxy of severity. The most commonly cited hospital resource consumption measure is the case mix index (CMI) and t...

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Main Authors: Reinke William, Yang Che-Ming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-10-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/6/125