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... > Health Care Economics and Organizations > Economics > Financing, Organized > Insurance > Insurance, Health > Insurance, Health, Reimbursement > Reimbursement Mechanisms > Prospective Payment System > Diagnosis-Related Groups
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Economics > Financing, Organized > Insurance > Insurance, Health > Insurance, Health, Reimbursement > Reimbursement Mechanisms > Prospective Payment System > Diagnosis-Related Groups

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Diagnosis-Related Groups  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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  • Diagnosis Related Group
  • Diagnosis-Related Group
  • Diagnosis Related Groups
  • Diagnostic Related Group
  • Diagnostic-Related Group
  • Diagnostic-Related Groups
  • DRG
  • DRGs
  • Group, Diagnosis Related
  • Group, Diagnostic Related
  • Group, Diagnostic-Related
  • Groups, Diagnosis Related
  • Groups, Diagnostic Related
  • Groups, Diagnostic-Related
  • Related Group, Diagnosis
  • Related Groups, Diagnosis

Scope note

  • A system for classifying patient care by relating common characteristics such as diagnosis, treatment, and age to an expected consumption of hospital resources and length of stay. Its purpose is to provide a framework for specifying case mix and to reduce hospital costs and reimbursements and it forms the cornerstone of the prospective payment system.

History note

  • 92; was DIAGNOSTIC RELATED GROUPS 1986-91; was CASE MIX see under COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS 1982-85; DIAGNOSTIC RELATED GROUPS was see CASE MIX 1982-85

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003953

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