title: All-payer severity-adjusted diagnosis-related groups: a uniform method to severity-adjust discharge data.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: HSS, Inc., Hamden, CT, USA.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Leary
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Johantgen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Farley
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Forthman
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Wooster
mesh_terms: 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