Dataplasty: Transforming Data into Meaningful Clinical Information
Hospital and physician quality performance profiling and payment are based on hospital ICD-9-CM code reporting. Specifically, quality of care is defined in terms of hospital cost, length of stay, and death rate related to the severity of the patient’s illness. The patient’s severity level is....
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