Authors

1. Fuller, Richard L. MS
2. Averill, Richard F. MS
3. Muldoon, John H. MHA
4. Hughes, John S. MD

Abstract

Clinical risk-adjustment, the ability to standardize the comparison of individuals with different health needs, is based upon 2 main alternative approaches: regression models and clinical categorical models. In this article, we examine the impact of the differences in the way these models are constructed on end user applications.