Drgs and disease staging for reimbursing medicare patients

Medical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1986, Pages 814-829

  Coffey, Rosanna M ^a   Goldfarb, Marsha G ^a,b  

^a National Center for Health Services Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease staging; DRGs; Hospital reimbursement; Medicare; Prospective payment system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MARYLAND; MEDICARE; OWNERSHIP; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0022773025     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198609000-00003     Document Type: Article

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