Case‐mix grouping and DRGs: making the principal diagnosis
- 1 September 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 143 (6) , 243-245
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb122962.x
Abstract
Labelling a hospital admission with a single disease code based on the selection of the patient's principal diagnosis poses problems for clinicians, administrators and epidemiologists. The use of a c...Keywords
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