Practical Risk Adjustment for Paying Health Care Providers --
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. .Harris School of Public Policy, the University of Chicago. 2 Management Science Group and Office of Productivity, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). 3 Center for Organization, Leadership and Management Research, VA Boston Healthcare System. 4 Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, VA Bedford. 5 Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Boston University. 6 Department of Statistics, Harvard University.
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