Reliability of Medicare Hospital Discharge Records: Report of a Study

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Reliability of Medicare Hospital Discharge Records: Report of a Study (1977)
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Front Matter (R1-R6)

Table of Contents (R7-R8)

Foreword (R9-R10)

Introduction (1-4)

Study Methods (5-22)

Analysis (23-60)

Summary and Recommendations (61-70)

Appendix A Bibliography (71-72)

Appendix B Sample Letter to Hospital Administrators (73-74)

Appendix C Diagnostic Codes Included as Components of the Sample of Medicare Records (75-84)

Appendix D IOM Re-abstracting Form, General Instructions for Field Team, and Specific Instructions for IOM Re-abstracting Form (85-104)

Appendix E Informal Checklist (105-106)

Appendix F Reliability of Field Work (107-114)

Appendix G Percent of Abstracts with no Discrepancy for each Diagnosis Included as a Component of the Sample of Medicare Records (115-120)

Appendix H Net and Gross Difference Rates in Designation of Principal Diagnosis (Based on Four-Digit Comparisons of Specific Diagnosis) (121-124)

Appendix I General Comparison of Assessment of the Reliability of Medicare Records Maintained by the Health Care Financing Administration and Hospital Discharge Abstracts Compiled by Private Abstract Services (125-126)

Appendix J Comparison of the Reliability of HCFA Medicare Records and Private Abstract Service Medicare Abstracts for Selected Diagnoses Common to both Studies (127-128)

Appendix K Standard Errors and Confidence Intervals for Statistics Based on Medicare Data (129-131)

Appendix L Standard Errors and Confidence Intervals for Statistics Based on Data from Private Abstracting Services (132-133)

Appendix M Selected Examples of Principal Procedures not Listed in CPT, as Determined by the IOM Field Team Members (134-134)