Evaluating the predictive validity of nursing home pre-admission screens.
This article demonstrates a method for evaluating the predictive validity of nursing home pre-admission screens (PAS) by using measures of predictive validity adapted from the field of epidemiology. Our approach estimates how well as PAS performs in identifying the "who but for" population of the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver programs for the frail elderly. The methodology's usefulness in screen revision is also illustrated.
SysteMetrics, Cambridge, MA 02140.
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D003237:Connecticut; D004608:Eligibility Determination / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D016330:Frail Elderly; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014481:United States