 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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| 1988 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1991 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1994 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1995 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1996 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1999 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2000 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2001 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2003 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diagnosis-Related Groups" by people in Profiles.
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Aiello FA, Roddy SP. Inpatient coding and the diagnosis-related group. J Vasc Surg. 2017 11; 66(5):1621-1623.
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Whitcomb WF, Lagu T, Krushell RJ, Lehman AP, Greenbaum J, McGirr J, Pekow PS, Calcasola S, Benjamin E, Mayforth J, Lindenauer PK. Experience with Designing and Implementing a Bundled Payment Program for Total Hip Replacement. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2015 Sep; 41(9):406-13.
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Glaser J, Kuwayama D, Stone D, Schanzer A, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Powell R, Stanley A, Nolan B. Factors that determine the length of stay after carotid endarterectomy represent opportunities to avoid financial losses. J Vasc Surg. 2014 Oct; 60(4):966-72.e1.
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Tierney SJ, Seymour-Route P, Crawford S. Weighted staffing plans for better prediction of staffing needs. J Nurs Adm. 2013 Sep; 43(9):461-7.
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Kramer AA, Higgins TL, Zimmerman JE. The association between ICU readmission rate and patient outcomes. Crit Care Med. 2013 Jan; 41(1):24-33.
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Ozen A, Balasubramanian H. The impact of case mix on timely access to appointments in a primary care group practice. Health Care Manag Sci. 2013 Jun; 16(2):101-18.
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McMillen MA, Boucher N, Keith D, Gould DS, Gave A, Hoffman D. Maintaining quality of care 24/7 in a nontrauma surgical intensive care unit. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Jul; 73(1):202-8.
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Lindenauer PK, Lagu T, Shieh MS, Pekow PS, Rothberg MB. Association of diagnostic coding with trends in hospitalizations and mortality of patients with pneumonia, 2003-2009. JAMA. 2012 Apr 04; 307(13):1405-13.
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Murff HJ, FitzHenry F, Matheny ME, Gentry N, Kotter KL, Crimin K, Dittus RS, Rosen AK, Elkin PL, Brown SH, Speroff T. Automated identification of postoperative complications within an electronic medical record using natural language processing. JAMA. 2011 Aug 24; 306(8):848-55.
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Keroack MA, McConkie NR, Johnson EK, Epting GJ, Thompson IM, Sanfilippo F. Functional alignment, not structural integration, of medical schools and teaching hospitals is associated with high performance in academic health centers. Am J Surg. 2011 Aug; 202(2):119-26.
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