Performance of diagnosis‐based risk adjustment measures in a population of sick Australians

Abstract Objective: Australia is beginning to explore ‘managed competition’ as an organising framework for the health care system. This requires setting fair capitation rates, i.e. rates that adjust for the risk profile of covered lives. This paper tests two US‐developed risk adjustment approaches u...

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Main Authors: S.J. Duckett, P.A. Agius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2002-12-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2002.tb00356.x