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Starfield and Lemke point out distinctions between their intended uses of the ADG/ACG system and Katerndahl, Wood, & Jaen's examination of within-visit complexity. However, my accompanying editorial was not limited to issues of within-visit complexity. Rather, my concern is the impact of how the work of primary care is measured upon the management and policy decisions that are driven by those measures. The ADG/ACG we...
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In his editorial concerning the article by Dr. Katerndahl et al, Dr, Green asserts that the Ambulatory Diagnostic Groups are based on a ‘linear model and (is) not only inaccurate..fundamentally wrong as a measure of primary care.’ His comment reflects a lack of understanding of the Ambulatory Diagnostic Groups and the larger system of which it is a part. (For information about the system, see www.acg.jhsph.edu). The ADG...
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