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Descriptor English: Risk Adjustment
Descriptor Spanish: Ajuste de Riesgo
Descriptor ajuste de riesgos
Entry term(s) ajuste de caso
ajuste de los riesgos
ajuste del riesgo
ajuste por casuística
ajustes de riesgos
ajustes del riesgo
ajustes por casuística
riesgos ajustados
Scope note: Uso de medidas de la gravedad de la enfermedad para estimar el riesgo (posibilidad de pérdidas, lesiones o muerte medibles o predecible) al que se somete al paciente antes de alguna intervención para su salud. Este ajuste permite comparar el funcionamiento y la calidad de las organizaciones, médicos y comunidades (Traducción libre del original: JCAHO, Lexikon, 1994).
Descriptor Portuguese: Risco Ajustado
Descriptor French: Ajustement du risque
Entry term(s): Adjustment, Case-Mix
Adjustment, Risk
Adjustments, Case-Mix
Adjustments, Risk
Case Mix Adjustment
Case-Mix Adjustment
Case-Mix Adjustments
Risk Adjustments
Tree number(s): N04.452.871.715.800
N04.761.789.800
N05.715.360.750.625.700.690.800
SH1.010.040.020.010.010
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020379
Scope note: The use of severity-of-illness measures, such as age, to estimate the risk (measurable or predictable chance of loss, injury or death) to which a patient is subject before receiving some health care intervention. This adjustment allows comparison of performance and quality across organizations, practitioners, and communities. (from JCAHO, Lexikon, 1994)
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 99
History Note: 99
DeCS ID: 33939
Unique ID: D020379
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Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/11
Risk Adjustment - Preferred
Concept UI M0030021
Scope note The use of severity-of-illness measures, such as age, to estimate the risk (measurable or predictable chance of loss, injury or death) to which a patient is subject before receiving some health care intervention. This adjustment allows comparison of performance and quality across organizations, practitioners, and communities. (from JCAHO, Lexikon, 1994)
Preferred term Risk Adjustment
Entry term(s) Adjustment, Risk
Adjustments, Risk
Risk Adjustments
Case-Mix Adjustment - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0030020
Preferred term Case-Mix Adjustment
Entry term(s) Adjustment, Case-Mix
Adjustments, Case-Mix
Case Mix Adjustment
Case-Mix Adjustments



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