Research Article: Diagnosis Related Groups of Patients Admitted from an Urban Academic Medical Center to a Virtual Hybrid Hospital-at-Home Program
Abstract:
In , the United States spent approximately $. trillion on healthcare, equating to $, per person. It represented an increase of .% above . The most significant percentage of these expenses corresponded to hospital services. To control hospital costs, Medicare and Medicaid Services created the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) which linked a predetermined rate for each discharged patient based on the diagnosis related group (DRG). The DRG is a patient classification system based on clinical characteristics and hospital resource consumption. The DRG system is comprised of body areas sorted into ~ groups that are further sub-grouped according to the presence or absence of complications or comorbidities (CC) or major complications or comorbidities (MCC). Therefore, DRG is used as an economic patient classification system based on their clinical characteristics, hospital stay, and treatment costs. The positive impact of DRG on the cost and quality of health care has been reported since . Classifying patients considering their clinical characteristics and the hospital resources used has proved valuable for managing hospital data, controlling health-care expenditures, and promoting high-quality care. The worldwide acceptance of this model has been well documented.–
Introduction:
In , the United States spent approximately $. trillion on healthcare, equating to $, per person. It represented an increase of .% above . The most significant percentage of these expenses corresponded to hospital services. To control hospital costs, Medicare and Medicaid Services created the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) which linked a predetermined rate for each discharged patient based on the diagnosis related group (DRG). The DRG is a patient classification system based on clinical characteristics…
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