Medical Definition of Diagnosis-related groups

1. A system for classifying patient care by relating common characteristics such as diagnosis, treatment, and age to an expected consumption of hospital resources and length of stay. Its purpose is to provide a framework for specifying case mix and to reduce hospital costs and reimbursements and it forms the cornerstone of the prospective payment system. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diagnosis-related Groups

diageotropic
diageotropism
Diaghilev
diaglyph
diaglyphs
diagnosable
diagnose
diagnose
diagnoseable
diagnosed
diagnoses
diagnosing
diagnosis
diagnosis
diagnosis-related group
diagnosis-related groups (current term)
diagnosis by exclusion
diagnostic
diagnostic
diagnostical
diagnostically
diagnosticate
diagnostician
diagnostician
diagnosticians
diagnostics
diagnostics
diagnostic anaesthesia
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
diagnostic assay

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