- Title
- Explaining resource consumption among non-normal neonates.
- First Author
- Schwartz, Rachel M
- Date of Pub
- 1991 Winter
- Pages
- 19-28
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 2
- Other Authors
- Michelman, Thomas; Pezzullo, John; Phibbs, Ciaran S
- Abstract
- The adoption by Medicare in 1983 of prospective payment using diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) has stimulated research to develop case-mix grouping schemes that more accurately predict resource consumption by patients. In this article, the authors explore a new method designed to improve case-mix classification for newborns through the use of birth weight in combination with DRGs to adjust the unexplained case-mix severity. Although the findings are developmental in nature, they reveal that the model significantly improves our ability to explain resource use.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- Birth Weight : Diagnosis-Related Groups/classification/economics : Health Care Costs/statistics & numerical data : Health Resources/utilization : Health Services Research/methods : Hospitals, Urban/economics/utilization : Human : Infant, Newborn : Infant, Newborn, Diseases/classification/economics : Intensive Care Units, Neonatal/economics/utilization : Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data : Models, Statistical : Prospective Payment System : Regression Analysis : Severity of Illness Index : United States
- NTIS Number
- PB92-167279
