An administrative claims model for profiling hospital 30-day mortality rates for pneumonia patients.

An administrative claims model for profiling hospital 30-day mortality rates for pneumonia patients.

Outcome measures for patients hospitalized with pneumonia may complement process measures in characterizing quality of care. We sought to develop and validate a hierarchical regression model using Medicare claims data that produces hospital-level, risk-standardized 30-day mortality rates useful for...

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Main Authors: Dale W Bratzler, Sharon-Lise T Normand, Yun Wang, Walter J O'Donnell, Mark Metersky, Lein F Han, Michael T Rapp, Harlan M Krumholz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3075250?pdf=render

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