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Synthesis: Experience with Diagnosis Related Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Donald A. Young
Donald A. Young
Affiliation:
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission Washington, DC
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The Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hopital service was enacted in 1983. It uses a classification based on diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) to determine payment for services provided.

Type
Technology Assessment: Policy, Clinical, and Methodological Issues
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 1986 , pp. 77 - 81
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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