Trialling diagnosis-related groups classification in the Iranian health system: a case study examining the feasibility of introducing casemix.

This paper examines the quality of routinely collected information in an Iranian hospital in a trial of casemix classification. Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) were used to classify patient episodes. There were 327 DRGs identified, of which 20% had only 1 case. The grouper progr...

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Published in:Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 460 - 467
Main Authors: Ghaffari, S., Doran, C., Wilson, A., Aisbett, C.
Format: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: World Health Organization may2010
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