DRGs: labels, information and uncertainty.
This paper presents a new perspective on why Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) are successful. It begins with a characterisation of labels we use to describe their attributes and a brief overview of the Commonwealth Australian National Diagnosis Related Group (AN-DRG) localisation project. Information...
| Publicado en: | Australian Health Review Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 169 - 186 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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CSIRO Publishing
1993
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