A feel for the whole: Considering state-specific quality measures for Medicares value-based programs in the context of social risk factors and population health

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are used as a measure for federal value-based payment programs. Using data for 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed newer risk adjustment models to calculate the standardized infection ratio (SIR) for various infections occurrin...

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Main Author: Roberts, Kimberly K.
Other Authors: P. Edward French
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: MSSTATE 2018
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Online Access:http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03112018-182203/