Risk Adjustment

Risks & contraindications

Comparisons

Evidence quality

Other

Highlighted claims

• Risk adjustment was discussed but deferred for later statistical model development. — Establishing criteria for emergency department-based episode of care definitions: a modified Delphi study
• The panel debated whether medically complex patients should be excluded or retained and handled through risk adjustment. — Establishing criteria for emergency department-based episode of care definitions: a modified Delphi study
• Risk-adjustment models require empirical testing because existing tools may miss behavioral, social, and clinical complexity. — Establishing criteria for emergency department-based episode of care definitions: a modified Delphi study
• The final approach generally retained complex patients and planned to address heterogeneity through risk adjustment. — Establishing criteria for emergency department-based episode of care definitions: a modified Delphi study
• Existing risk-adjustment tools may not capture social complexity, behavioral health factors, or certain clinical complexities adequately. — Establishing criteria for emergency department-based episode of care definitions: a modified Delphi study