 Diagnosis-Related Groups
"Diagnosis-Related Groups" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D003953
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.710.305.200.080
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| Concept/Terms |
Diagnosis-Related Groups- Diagnosis-Related Groups
- Diagnosis Related Groups
- Diagnosis-Related Group
- Group, Diagnosis-Related
- Groups, Diagnosis-Related
- Groups, Diagnostic-Related
- Groups, Diagnostic Related
- Diagnostic-Related Group
- Diagnostic Related Group
- Diagnostic-Related Groups
- Group, Diagnostic-Related
- Group, Diagnostic Related
- DRGs
- DRG
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Diagnosis-Related Groups" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Diagnosis-Related Groups" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diagnosis-Related Groups" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Edwards PK, Mears SC, Barnes CL. BPCI: Everyone Wins, Including the Patient. J Arthroplasty. 2017 06; 32(6):1728-1731.
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Menendez ME, Lu N, Huybrechts KF, Ring D, Barnes CL, Ladha K, Bateman BT. Variation in Use of Blood Transfusion in Primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasties. J Arthroplasty. 2016 12; 31(12):2757-2763.e2.
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Gupta P, Tang X, Rettiganti M, Lauer C, Kacmarek RM, Rice TB, Markovitz BP, Wetzel RC. Association of house staff training with mortality in children with critical illness. Acta Paediatr. 2016 Feb; 105(2):e60-6.
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