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Article: Case-Mix Adjustment of the National CAHPS[R] Benchmarking Data 1.0: A Violation of Model Assumptions?
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- Health Services Research
- Article date:
- July 1, 2001
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Objective. To compare models for the case-mix adjustment of consumer reports and ratings of health care.
Data Sources. The study used the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans (CAHPS[R]) survey 1.0 National CAHPS Benchmarking Database data from 54 commercial and 31 Medicaid health plans from across the United States: 19,541 adults (age [greater than or equal to] 18 years) in commercial plans and 8,813 adults in Medicaid plans responded regarding their own health care, and 9,871 Medicaid adults responded regarding the health care of their minor children.
Study Design. Four case-mix models (no adjustment; self-rated health and age; health, age, and ...