Risk Adjustment

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)

Year introduced: 1999

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Tree Number(s): N04.452.871.715.800, N04.761.789.800, N05.715.360.750.625.700.690.800

MeSH Unique ID: D020379

Entry Terms:

• Adjustment, Risk
• Adjustments, Risk
• Risk Adjustments
• Case-Mix Adjustment
• Adjustment, Case-Mix
• Adjustments, Case-Mix
• Case Mix Adjustment
• Case-Mix Adjustments

All MeSH Categories
Health Care Category
Health Services Administration
Organization and Administration
Risk Management
Risk Assessment
Risk Adjustment

All MeSH Categories
Health Care Category
Health Services Administration
Quality of Health Care
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Risk Adjustment

All MeSH Categories
Health Care Category
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Quality of Health Care
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms
Statistics as Topic
Probability
Risk
Risk Assessment
Risk Adjustment