 Diagnosis-Related Groups
"Diagnosis-Related Groups" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A system for classifying patient care by relating common characteristics such as diagnosis, treatment, and age to an expected consumption of hospital resources and length of stay. Its purpose is to provide a framework for specifying case mix and to reduce hospital costs and reimbursements and it forms the cornerstone of the prospective payment system.
| Descriptor ID |
D003953
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.710.305.200.080
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| Concept/Terms |
Diagnosis-Related Groups- Diagnosis-Related Groups
- Diagnosis Related Groups
- Diagnosis-Related Group
- Group, Diagnosis-Related
- Groups, Diagnosis-Related
- Groups, Diagnostic-Related
- Groups, Diagnostic Related
- Diagnostic-Related Group
- Diagnostic Related Group
- Diagnostic-Related Groups
- Group, Diagnostic-Related
- Group, Diagnostic Related
- DRGs
- DRG
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diagnosis-Related Groups" by people in Profiles.
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Abbass I, Helton J, Mhatre S, Sansgiry SS. Impact of electronic health records on nurses' productivity. Comput Inform Nurs. 2012 May; 30(5):237-41.
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Strasser DC, Burridge AB, Falconer JA, Herrin J, Uomoto J. Measuring team process for quality improvement. Top Stroke Rehabil. 2010 Jul-Aug; 17(4):282-93.
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Beidel DC, Rao PA, Scharfstein L, Wong N, Alfano CA. Social skills and social phobia: an investigation of DSM-IV subtypes. Behav Res Ther. 2010 Oct; 48(10):992-1001.
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Gagnon D, Nadeau S, Tam V. Clinical and administrative outcomes during publicly-funded inpatient stroke rehabilitation based on a case-mix group classification model. J Rehabil Med. 2005 Jan; 37(1):45-52.
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