Diagnosis-Related Groups
Diagnosis-Related Groups is a scholarly work, published in 1985 in ''American Journal of Diseases of Children''. The main subjects of the publication include payment, prospective payment system, Comparison and contrast of classification schemes in linguistics and metadata, clinical coder, Haven, health care, principal, health economics, medical diagnosis, medicine, retrospective cohort study, actuarial science, reimbursement, medical emergency, and health policy. Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme that groups patients according to their principal diagnoses, presence of a surgical procedure, age, presence or absence of significant complications, or discharge status.