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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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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

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

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