Term: Diagnosis Related Group (DRG™)

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2006-07-20

Definition:

An American case-mix classification system that groups together patients who are similar clinically in terms of diagnosis and treatment, and in their consumption of hospital resources, thus allowing comparisons of resource use across hospitals with varying mixes of patients. This system is used primarily in the United States of America as a method of funding hospitals.

Related concepts 

• Case Mix Groups (CMGs™) versus Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs™)
• Day Surgery Hospitalizations
• Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs™) - Overview

Related terms 

• Atypical Patient
• Atypical Stay
• Average Length of Stay (ALOS)
• Case Mix Groups (CMG™)
• Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG™) Weights
• Intensity of Resource Use (IRU)
• Medical Separation
• Outpatient Surgical Care
• Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (RDRG®)
• Resource Intensity Weights (RIW™)
• Surgical Outpatients
• Type of Hospital Care
• Typical Patient
• Typical Stay

References 

• Bruce S, Prior H, Katz A, Taylor M, Latosinsky S, Martens P, De Coster C, Brownell M, Soodeen R, Steinbach C. Application of Patient Safety Indicators in Manitoba: A First Look. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2006. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Roos NP, Black C, Roos LL, Frohlich N, De Coster C, Mustard C, Brownell M, Shanahan M, Fergusson P, Toll F, Carriere KC, Burchill C, Fransoo R, MacWilliam L, Bogdanovic B, Friesen D. Managing health services: how administrative data and population-based analyses can focus the agenda. Health Serv Manage Res 1998;11(1):49-67. [Abstract] (View)
• Shanahan M, Lloyd M, Roos NP, Brownell M. Hospital Case Mix Costing Project 1991/92. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1994. [Report] (View)

Term used in 

• Finlayson G, Reimer J, Dahl M, Stargardter M, McGowan K. The Direct Cost of Hospitalizations in Manitoba, 2005/06. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2009. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Roos NP, Burchill CA, Black CD. Utilization of hospital resources. Med Care 1995;33 (12 Suppl):55-72. [Abstract] (View)