All-payer severity-adjusted diagnosis-related groups: a uniform method to severity-adjust discharge data.
Measuring severity of illness within diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) has become increasingly important because of the growing need to compare outcomes across providers. In response to these needs, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has developed a DRG-based severity system as a refinement to its current Medicare DRG structure. As a result of this recent HCFA research, all-payer severity-adjusted DRGs (APS-DRGs) have been developed to provide a uniform approach for severity classification that is also applicable to the all-payer population.
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HSS, Inc., Hamden, CT, USA.
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D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009518:New York; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States