An online experiment to assess bias in professional medical coding
Abstract Background Multiple studies have documented bias in medical decision making, but no studies have examined whether this bias extends to medical coding practices. Medical coding is foundational to the US health care enterprise. We evaluate whether bias based on patient characteristics influen...
Main Authors: | Jacqueline M. Torres, Danielle Hessler-Jones, Carol Yarbrough, Adam Tapley, Raemarie Jimenez, Laura M. Gottlieb |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-06-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-019-0832-x |
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