BACKGROUND: Providers use risk-adjustment systems to help manage healthcare costs. Typically, ordinary least squares (OLS) models on either untransformed or log-transformed cost are used. We examine the predictive ability ...
Fincke, Benjamin G; Miller, Donald R; Christiansen, Cindy L; Turpin, Robin S(BioMed Central, 2010-7-6)
BACKGROUND: Diabetic foot infections are common, serious, and diverse. There is uncertainty about optimal antibiotic treatment, and probably substantial variation in practice. Our aim was to document whether this is the ...
