Diagnosis related group
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Metadata item type: | Property |
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| METEOR identifier: | 269188 |
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| Definition: | A resource utilisation classification based on diagnosed conditions, usage of hospital resources, and demographic characteristics of the patient. |
| Context: | The development of Australian refined diagnosis related groups has created a descriptive framework for studying hospitalisation. Diagnosis related groups provide a summary of the varied reasons for hospitalisation and the complexity of cases a hospital treats. Moreover, as a framework for describing the products of a hospital (that is, patients receiving services), they allow meaningful comparisons of hospitals' efficiency and effectiveness under alternative systems of health care provision. |
| Property group: | Service provision event |
Relational attributes | |
| Data Element Concepts implementing this property: | Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group
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