Comparison of two systems to measure the severity of illness

Joseph M Feinglass; J. C. Scherubel; J. A. Swartz

Comparison of two systems to measure the severity of illness

Joseph M Feinglass, J. C. Scherubel, J. A. Swartz

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Abstract

Using two systems of rating inpatient severity of illness, teaching hospital patients were classified into 15 common medical DRGs. The two systems were then analyzed and compared regarding conceptual differences, ability to predict costs within DRGs, and potential future resource usage with case-mix classifications.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	34-38
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of the American Medical Record Association
Volume	59
Issue number	7
State	Published - Jan 1 1988

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