Richard F Averill
Biographic Data
| ID | 5536145 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard F Averill |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard F |
| FAMILY NAME | Averill |
| SIGNATURE | AVERILL R F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Clinical Risk Groups (CRGs)
OBJECTIVE: To develop Clinical Risk Groups (CRGs), a claims-based classification system for risk adjustment that assigns each individual to a single mutually exclusive risk group based on historical clinical and demographic characteristics to predict future use of healthcare resources. STUDY DESIGN/DATA SOURCES: We developed CRGs through a highly iterative process of extensive clinical hypothesis generation followed by evaluation and verification…
The Relationship Between Severity of Illness and Hospital Length of Stay and Mortality
To address the question of quantification of severity of illness on a wide scale, the Computerized Severity Index (CSI) was developed by a research team at the Johns Hopkins University. This article describes an initial assessment of some aspects of the validity and reliability of the CSI on a sample of 2,378 patients within 27 high-volume DRGs from five teaching hospitals. The 27 DRGs predicted 27% of the variation in LOS, while DRGs adjusted fo…
The Relationship between Diagnostic Information Available at Admission and Discharge for Patients in One PSRO Setting
Professional Standards Review Organization (PSRO) operating guidelines recommend the use of Professional Activity Study (PAS) length of stay norms for conducting concurrent review. These norms, determined by aggregating discharge abstracts from PAS hospitals in the same United States census region, are assigned to patients based only on information known at admission. This study investigated the relationship between patient information available …
Response to Mr. Sheehy
A Cost Benefit Analysis of Continued Stay Certification
A large portion of the resources of the Professional Standards Review Organization Program have been directed toward the review of inpatients to determine their need for continued hospitalization. The primary goal of this review process is the containment of hospital costs through the elimination of unnecessary patient hospitalization. A cost benefit analysis of this review process shows that the potential financial savings accrued are unlikely t…
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A Cost Benefit Analysis of Continued Stay Certification
A large portion of the resources of the Professional Standards Review Organization Program have been directed toward the review of inpatients to determine their need for continued hospitalization. The primary goal of this review process is the containment of hospital costs through the elimination of unnecessary patient hospitalization. A cost benefit analysis of this review process shows that the potential financial savings accrued are unlikely t…
Response to Mr. Sheehy
The Relationship between Diagnostic Information Available at Admission and Discharge for Patients in One PSRO Setting
Professional Standards Review Organization (PSRO) operating guidelines recommend the use of Professional Activity Study (PAS) length of stay norms for conducting concurrent review. These norms, determined by aggregating discharge abstracts from PAS hospitals in the same United States census region, are assigned to patients based only on information known at admission. This study investigated the relationship between patient information available …
The Relationship Between Severity of Illness and Hospital Length of Stay and Mortality
To address the question of quantification of severity of illness on a wide scale, the Computerized Severity Index (CSI) was developed by a research team at the Johns Hopkins University. This article describes an initial assessment of some aspects of the validity and reliability of the CSI on a sample of 2,378 patients within 27 high-volume DRGs from five teaching hospitals. The 27 DRGs predicted 27% of the variation in LOS, while DRGs adjusted fo…
Clinical Risk Groups (CRGs)
OBJECTIVE: To develop Clinical Risk Groups (CRGs), a claims-based classification system for risk adjustment that assigns each individual to a single mutually exclusive risk group based on historical clinical and demographic characteristics to predict future use of healthcare resources. STUDY DESIGN/DATA SOURCES: We developed CRGs through a highly iterative process of extensive clinical hypothesis generation followed by evaluation and verification…
Medicine (5 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (4 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Emergency and Acute Care Studies (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Medical emergency (2 works) · MEDLINE (2 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (2 works) · Actuarial science (1 work)