Application of a propensity score approach for risk adjustment in profiling multiple physician groups on asthma care

Health Services Research,  Feb, 2005  by I-Chan Huang,  Constantine Frangakis,  Francesca Dominici,  Gregory B. Diette,  Albert W. Wu

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Conflicts of interests: There are no conflicts of interests for any authors. Presented in part at the following conferences: the 19th Annual Research Meeting of Academy Health, June 23-25, 2002, Washington DC, and the 2003 Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM), August 3-7, 2003, San Francisco.

Address Correspondence to Albert W. Wu, M.D., M.P.H, Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, 624 North Broadway/Room 633, Baltimore, MD 21205-1901. I-Chan Huang, Ph.D., is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Constantine Frangakis, Ph.D. and Francesca Dominici, Ph.D. are with the Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Gregory B. Diette, M.D., M.H.S. and Albert W. Wu, M.D., M.P.H. are with the Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore and also with Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

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