Evaluation of Ambulatory Care Classification Systems for the Military Health Care System
Abstract
This report discusses the evaluation of ambulatory patient classification systems for military use. The two systems which appeared to have the greatest potential for this purpose were the Products of Ambulatory Care (PACs) which was developed by the New York State Health Department and the Ambulatory Visit Groups (AVGs) which was formulated by a group at Yale University. The data base used for all evaluations consists of a sample derived from the Army's Ambulatory Care Data Base (ACDB) Study. The sample used in the evaluation contained 516,006 clinic visits. Because the military does not have a per visit cost accounting system, four costing methodologies were applied to the PACs and AVGs to allow analyses on the effectiveness of these groups as resource allocation devices.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 31, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA234539
Entities
People
- Atanacio C. Guillen
- Cherry L. Gaffney
- David R. Bolling
- James M. Georgoulakis
- Sue E. Akins