Use of a medication-based risk adjustment index to predict mortality among veterans dually-enrolled in VA and medicare

ConclusionsThe RxRisk-VM index exhibited a high level of, but slightly less, accuracy in predicting mortality in comparison to claims-based risk indices.ImplicationsIts application may enhance the accuracy of studies examining VA and non-VA care and enable risk adjustment when diagnostic claims are not available or biased.Level of evidenceLevel 3.
Source: Healthcare - Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research