Reliability of medicare hospital discharge records : report of a study / Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical records--Management.

Medical records.

Hospital records--Management.

Hospital records.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 134 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 1977.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""RELIABILITY OF MEDICARE HOSPITAL DISCHARGE RECORDS""; ""Copyright""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION ""; ""SPECIFIC STUDY OBJECTIVES""; ""Chapter 2 STUDY METHODS ""; ""SAMPLING PLAN""; ""Initial National Sample of Hospitals""; ""Subsample of Hospitals for Abstracting""; ""Sample of Medicare Records""; ""Retrieval of Medicare Claim Forms""; ""RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS""; ""Abstracting Form""; ""Information Checklist""; ""FIELD WORK""; ""CONFIDENTIALITY""; ""DATA PROCESSING""; ""Chapter 3 ANALYSIS ""; ""TOTAL FREQUENCIES OF DISCREPANCIES""

""ANALYSIS OF DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION""""Reasons for Discrepancies""; ""Admitting vs. Principal Diagnosis""; ""Influence of Diagnostic Groupings""; ""Diagnostic Specific Discrepancies""; ""Influence of Multiple Diagnoses""; ""ANALYSIS OF PRINCIPAL PROCEDURES""; ""ANALYSIS OF CLAIMS INFORMATION""; ""Principal Diagnosis""; ""Principal Procedure""; ""INFLUENCE OF DIAGNOSTIC DATA RELIABILITY ON UTILIZATION STATISTICS""; ""Influence of Hospital Characteristics""; ""Chapter 4 SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Appendix A BIBLIOGRAPHY ""

""Appendix B SAMPLE LETTER TO HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR """"Appendix C DIAGNOSTIC CODES INCLUDED AS COMPONENTS OF THE SAMPLE OF MEDICARE RECORDS ""; ""Appendix D IOM RE-ABSTRACTING FORM ""; ""Appendix D GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FIELD TEAM ""; ""Appendix D SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR IOM RE-ABSTRACTING FORM ""; ""UHDDS DEFINITIONS""; ""MEDICARE DEFINITIONS""; ""MEDICARE CODING OF PROCEDURES""; ""Appendix E INFORMAL CHECKLIST ""; ""APPENDIX F RELIABILITY OF FIELD WORK ""; ""Methods""; ""Analysis""; ""Summary""

""Appendix G PERCENT OF ABSTRACTS WITH NO DISCREPANCY FOR EACH DIAGNOSIS INCLUDED AS A COMPONENT OF MEDICARE RECORDS"" ""Appendix H NET AND GROSS DIFFERENCE RATES IN DESIGNATION OF PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS (BASED ON FOUR-DIGIT COMPARISONS OF SPECIFIC""; ""Appendix I GENERAL COMPARISON OF ASSESSMENTS OF THE RELIABILITY OF MEDICARE RECORDS MAINTAINED BY THE HEALTH CARE FINANCING""; ""Appendix J COMPARISON OF THE RELIABILITY OF HCFA MEDICARE RECORDS AND PRIVATE ABSTRACT SERVICE MEDICARE ABSTRACTS FOR""

""Appendix K STANDARD ERRORS AND CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR STATISTICS BASED ON MEDICARE DATA """"Appendix L STANDARD ERRORS AND CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR STATISTICS BASED ON DATA FROM PRIVATE ABSTRACTING SERVICES""; ""Appendix M SELECTED EXAMPLES OF PRINCIPAL PROCEDURES NOT LISTED IN CPT, AS DETERMINED BY THE IOM FIELD TEAM MEMBERS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

726823292