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Case Mix Definition by Diagnosis-Related Groups
ROBERT B. FETTER,* YOUNGSOO SHIN,. JEAN L. FREEMAN,t
RICHARD F. AVERILL,§ AND JOHN D. THOMPSON I
Froml tite Centerfor for Healtl Stulies,
lnstitlio, jbr Social ail Iu lie! .Stdies.
Yale Untivcrsitu
, Professor. School of Organization and Management, atad Institution for Social and Policv Studies.
f Assistant Professor, Department of Preventioe Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University,
$eoul, Korea.
Assistant in Research, Centerfor Healthl Studies, Institution for Social ard Polcy .Studies.
A4 Asociate Directorfor Research, Health Management Program, School of Organization and Managemnent.
! Profeasor of Public dealth, School of Medicine, and Institution for Social and Policy Studies.
The research reported herein was performed pursuant to Contracta No. HCFA 600-75,0180 and No. HCFA
77-0043.from the Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
~Iblcation of this monograph was supported by Contract No. 600-7540180, from the Health Care Financing
;dmintstration, Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The opinions and conclusions expressed hefan
are souely those of the authors and should not be construed ao representing the opinions or policy of any
ncg of the United States government. Copies of a more detailed description of this research are available by
tíilng to Al Esposito, Director, Division of Hospital Experimentation. Office of Demonstrations and Evaluan.
ffe of Researcl. Demostrations.
a;ud Staristics. It¿clrt Car;' Fiarswinag Adtlrnisltratio,, Rolmoai E16.
Meadows Buildhig,. 6401 SecuritSV Blvd., Bualtimore. MD 21235. Requests should be made for AUTOGRP
,latient Classfication Scheme atad Diagnosis Related Grmlps (DRGs). Health Care Financing Grants and
V ontracts Report Series, HEW Publication No. (HCFA) 03011 9-79. Inquiries regarding the software aeailable
íor analyses with AUTOGRP and DRCs should be made in writing to Ma. Marla DeMusis, SOM, 12 Prospect
'tce, New Haoen, CT 06520.