PMID- 8983307
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19970109
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 1130-0108 (Print)
IS  - 1130-0108 (Linking)
VI  - 88
IP  - 10
DP  - 1996 Oct
TI  - [Diseases of the digestive system and a system for patient classification: 
      diagnostic-related groups (DRG)].
PG  - 677-86
AB  - In the last years different classification systems for hospitalized patients have 
      been developed in the United States, that allow to evaluate different aspects of 
      any Hospital: The quality, the efficacy and the efficiency. The classification of 
      "The Diagnosis Related Groups" (DRG) relates the hospitalized patients with the 
      expenses that they generate, and it is the most used in Europe. In the version 
      DRG-All Patient, all the diagnoses and procedures of the hospitalized patients, 
      using the International Classification of Diseases, are divided in to 25 Major 
      Diagnostic Categories (MDC) where each one excludes all the others. We describe 
      the behavior with respect to the age, sex and stay of all the GDR integrated in 
      the CDM 6 and 7: diseases and disorders of the digestive tract, and diseases and 
      disorders of the hepatobiliary system and the pancreas. The study has been 
      carried out with a national data base of two millions of cases seen from 214 
      acute-care Hospitals. The MDC number 6 is the most frequent, with an important 
      number of patients in the pediatric age; it is more frequent in males; the 
      average stay is 8.59 days and 19 GDR (36.5%) have a variation coefficient greater 
      than one. The other MDC, number 7 is less frequent, the majority of the patients 
      are between 60-80 years of age, the average stay is 12.2 days with a coefficient 
      of variation greater than one in 4 GDR (17.4%). Clinical Services should know the 
      characteristics and behavior of their patients, as well as the comparison with 
      the national data bases. This may allow a control of the quality and the costs by 
      using a common "language" with the managers.
FAU - Poves Martinez, E
AU  - Poves Martinez E
AD  - Hospital Ntra. Sra. de Alarcos, Ciudad Real.
LA  - spa
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Enfermedades del aparato digestivo y sistema de clasificacion de pacientes: 
      grupos relacionados con el diagnostico (GDR).
PL  - Spain
TA  - Rev Esp Enferm Dig
JT  - Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas
JID - 9007566
SB  - IM
MH  - Diagnosis-Related Groups/*classification
MH  - Digestive System Diseases/*classification
MH  - Humans
MH  - Patient Discharge/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Spain
EDAT- 1996/10/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/10/01 00:01
CRDT- 1996/10/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/10/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/10/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/10/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 1996 Oct;88(10):677-86.