A primer for understanding diagnosis-related groups and inpatient hospital reimbursement with nursing implications

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 360-369

  Beaty, Laura ^a  

^a South Texas Radiation Therapy Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Blended rates; Case mix index; Clinical nurse documentation specialists; Clinical nurses; DRGs; Medical coding guidelines; Nurse case managers

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 27544503577     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200510000-00009     Document Type: Review

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