Running head: APR-DRGs: A SEVERITY ADJUSTMENT METHODOLOGY APR-DRGs: A Severity Adjustment Methodology Quality Management In Healthcare Abstract All Patient Refined Diagnostic Related Groups (APR-DRGs) currently represent one of the most widely used systems for severity adjustment of hospital outcome comparisons. Severity Adjustment is the method used to account for differences in patient characteristics such as age‚ severity of illness‚ and risk of mortality independent of the actual medical
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Value Chain Analysis and Methodology top The internal value chain of an online learning institution consists of all physically and technologically distinct activities within the institution that add value to the learner’s experience. The key to analyzing the value chain is understanding the activities within the institution that create a competitive advantage‚ and then managing those activities better than other institutions in the industry. Porter (1985) suggested that the activities of a business
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The Research Methodology The descriptive survey method of research was utilized in this study. A survey questionnaire was used to gather all the needed data. Information regarding the profiles of the respondents (student and the enrollment personnel)‚ the status of the existing enrollment in terms of its resources used (personnel involved‚ machines and equipment‚ procedures and forms used)‚ the problems encountered by the customers in the existing enrollment system were analyzed. The results
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Literature review Guidance on retaining employees with a disability Executive Summary The purpose of this literature review is to summarise the evidence from research and good practice guidance that will assist employers in retaining employees who acquire a disability. This literature review is a companion piece to Retaining Employees Who Acquire a Disability - A Guide for Employers. Key findings The key findings of the literature review are as follows: • Employers and line managers play a
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The research methodology in Figure 3.1 is based on Yogesh Kumar Singh (2006) book. The first step on doing research is to define the research problem. This is the most crucial step of the research. Then clarifying and stating the problem that delimit the problem from the broad research problem. Literature review is the next step after the research problem is specified. This review the research that wanted to be conducted with other people’s work that is similar and also specify what makes the research
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inability to write exam dated the day of the exam. Once documentation is received and approved by your professor‚ the value of your midterm will be added to your final exam. If valid documentation is not provided‚ the midterm mark will be a zero. 20 Multiple Choice questions 15 Short Answer questions‚ 2 to 6 marks each (80 marks total) TOPICS TO BE COVERED: The relationship between the firm and its external environment Critical success factors: what they are‚ why they are important‚ how they
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Multiple Intelligences: Equal Access to the Curriculum for Deaf Students All children deserve to have equal access to the curriculum. However‚ in a time when standardized tests have become the focal point of our schools and classrooms‚ students with diverse learning styles and disabilities are falling behind educationally. We cannot allow children to slip through the cracks because we‚ as educators‚ are not providing them with the tools they need to achieve. Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
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this essay‚ Multiple Intelligences and Emotional Intelligence those writers David Miller Sadker and Myra Pollack Sadker claims that intelligent test is not mental for it is cultural. “Some of us grew up in communities where IQ was barely mentioned.”(p77)The world intelligence does not have universal meaning. In one culture doing something is taken as intelligent task whereas the something turns — to be valueless for the other. Therefore instead of single intelligence there are multiple intelligences
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Journal Article Critique I chose to read the article‚ “Osteoporosis in multiple sclerosis” written by Andrew P Hearn and Eli Silber. It is an understanding about osteoporosis and the connection it might have with multiple sclerosis (MS) compared to patients that do not have multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disability that affects a great amount of young adults. The longer a person has multiple sclerosis‚ the more the person loses strength in there bones. Osteoporosis occurs
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|Multiple Sclerosis and Living Life. | |[Type the document subtitle] | | | |Multiple sclerosis can be debilitating‚ however there are things that can be done to | |limit the amount of attacks a person may have. | |
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