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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777581503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : National Academies Press, , 1977
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 134 pages)
• Disciplina: 362.110973
• Soggetti: Medical records - Management; Hospital records - Management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""