title: DRGs: implications for biomedical communications.
abstract: Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) form the basis for a new means of reimbursing hospitals for services provided to Medicare patients. A brief outline of the DRG system and a partial description of constraints of the system are introduced. Ramifications of this new prospective payment system and implications for biomedical communicators are presented and discussed.
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000191:economics*; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States