Development of a specialty intensity score to estimate a patient's need for care coordination across physician specialties
Abstract
This article develops a Specialty Intensity Score, which uses patient diagnosis codes to estimate the number of specialist physicians a patient will need to access. Conceptually, the score can serve as a proxy for a patient's need for care coordination across doctors. Such a measure may be valuable to researchers studying care coordination practices for complex patients. In contrast with previous comorbidity scores, which focus primarily on...
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Title
Development of a specialty intensity score to estimate a patient's need for care coordination across physician specialties
Published Date
May 24, 2021
Journal
Volume
4
Issue
2
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