title: Extending the use of DRGs to estimate mean Home-Care cost by employing an adapted ASTM E2369-05 Continuity of Care Record.
abstract: The purpose of this study is the presentation of a system appropriate to be used upon the transition of a patient, from hospital to homecare. The developed system is based upon the creation of a structured subset of data, complying with the ASTM E2369-0 Standard Specification for Continuity of Care Record, concerning the most relevant facts about a patient's healthcare, organized and transportable, in order to be employed during the post-discharge homecare period. The system allows for the extension of the use of DRGs to estimate mean Home-Care cost, taking advantage of the planning and the optimal documentation of the provided homecare.
authors.affiliation: Medical Instrumentation Technology Department, Technological Education Institute of Athens, Athens, Greece. basile@teiath.gr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Spyropoulos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Botsivaly
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tzavaras
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koutsourakis
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003201:Computers; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004470:Economics, Medical; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011381:Programming Languages; D012107:Research Design; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface