Provider-Level Risk-Adjusted Quality Measurement for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

• Main Author: Dick, Andrew W. (auth)
• Other Authors: Huckfeldt, Peter J. (auth), Liu, Hangsheng (auth), Yu, Hao (auth), Mehrotra, Ateev (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2012
• Subjects: Health systems & services; Public health & preventive medicine; Health Sciences
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Quality metrics play an increasingly important role in the evaluation and reimbursement of post-acute providers. This report develops risk-adjusted quality measures at the provider level for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), explores methods to address low case volume, and uses these metri...