Open AccessMortality Trends for Veterans Hospitalized With Heart Failure and Pneumonia Using Claims-Based vs Clinical Risk-Adjustment Variables
Author(s) -
Gabriella C. Silva,
Lan Jiang,
Roee Gutman,
WenChih Wu,
Vincent Mor,
Michael J. Fine,
Nancy R. Kressin,
Amal N. Trivedi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.5970
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , heart failure , intensive care medicine , veterans affairs , emergency medicine
Prior studies have reported declines in mortality for patients admitted to Veterans Health Administration (VA) and non-VA hospitals using claims-based risk adjustment. These apparent mortality reductions may be influenced by changes in coding practices.
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