Diagnosis-related group ( DRG ) is a system to classify hospital cases into one of approximately 500 groups, also referred to as DRGs, expected to have similar hospital resource use, developed for Medicare as part of the prospective payment system. DRGs are assigned by a "grouper...

DRG (Diagnosis Related Groups) ; ... While all patients are unique, groups of patients have common demographic, diagnostic and therapeutic attributes that determine their resource needs.

At the turn of the year 2003/2004 a change took place in the in-patient sector of the German public health care system from the former daily-rate-based reimbursement of medical services to a ...

This is especially true of hospitals that analyze pediatric patient care using standard Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) diagnosis-related groups (DRGs). The objectives of this...

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- Misclassification problems in diagnosis-related groups. Cystic fibrosis as an example ... This article has been cited by other articles:

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Diagnosis Related Groups Included in Acute Care Episode Demonstration; DRG; Cardiovascular Procedures; 216; Cardiac valve & other major cardiothoracic procedure with cardiac catheterization with MCC;

On 1 October 1983, the Medicare system began a phased transition to a new payment method for hospitals based on uniform payments by diagnosis-related group (DRG). This article reviews the...