What future for diagnosis related groups?
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Diagnosis related groups.
History Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) were developed in the late 1960s by American researchers in response to the rising cost of health care. DRGs provide a finance and patient classification system using diagnosis, type of treatment, age and other related factors as the screening criteria. Hospitals are paid a predetermined amount of money for treating patients from a given DRG, regardless o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sozial- und Präventivmedizin SPM
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0303-8408,1420-911X
DOI: 10.1007/bf02080403