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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-10-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/6/125 |