Australian diagnosis related groups: Drivers of complexity adjustment

Terri Jackson, Vera Dimitropoulos, Richard Madden and Steve Gillett

Health Policy, 2015, vol. 119, issue 11, 1433-1441

Abstract: In undertaking a major revision to the Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group (ARDRG) classification, we set out to contrast Australia's approach to using data on additional (not principal) diagnoses with major international approaches in splitting base or Adjacent Diagnosis Related Groups (ADRGs).

Keywords: Diagnosis-related groups; Case-mix measurement; Healthcare classifications; Comorbidity; Prospective payment system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.09.011

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