TY  - JOUR
AB  - The European Community is currently experimenting with the use of
Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) and other patient classification
systems. Disease Staging is a clinically based classification system
which focuses on the dimensions of severity of illness and can be
implemented using the same data required for the DRGs. Reports a pilot
study in the Emilia‐Romagna region of Italy, where data were analysed
from three hospitals for patients hospitalized in 1988 with four
diseases: coronary artery disease/acute myocardial infarction,
cholecystitis, appendicitis, and diabetes mellitus. The same patients
were classified using DRGs and Disease Staging, and the Disease Staging
methodology was used to analyse issues of timeliness of hospital
admission, length of stay patterns, and in‐hospital mortality rates.
VL  - 6
IS  - 2
SN  - 0268-9235
DO  - 10.1108/02689239210013284
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/02689239210013284
AU  - Taroni Francesco
AU  - Louis Daniel Z.
AU  - Yuen Elaine J.
PY  - 1992
Y1  - 1992/01/01
TI  - An Analysis of Health Services Using Disease Staging: A Pilot Study in the Emilia‐Romagna Region of Italy
T2  - Journal of Management in Medicine
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 53
EP  - 66
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -