Choosing a DRG grouper for Australia: issues and options.
Issues surrounding the selection in late 1990 of the New York grouper as the basis for the first Australian Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) version are discussed. The methods and results are reported for a large scale empirical study to identify the effects, based on Australian data of using different groupers developed in the United States (U.S.). The various applications of the DRG system for funding, hospital management, quality assurance and utilisation review pose different requirements for the selection of a grouper. The impact of the various options on these applications is explored along with possible future developments. This paper is an abbreviated version of an interim project report presented to the Consensus Conference held in Canberra in November, 1990. More recent results have been added here.
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Centre for Hospital Management and Information Systems Research, University of NSW.
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D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D001315:Australia; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008396:Maryland; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration; D009518:New York; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012984:Software; D014481:United States