DRGs: optional in Maryland's GIR system.
Maryland hospitals prefer the guaranteed inpatient revenue system to the DRG method of case mix reimbursement for its flexibility of administration and ease of use in refining case groups.
D003933:Diagnosis; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008396:Maryland; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification; D011907:Rate Setting and Review; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive