Hospital financing of ischaemic stroke: determinants of funding and usefulness of DRG subcategories based on severity of illness

Abstract Background Several Western and Arab countries, as well as over 30 States in the US are using the “All-Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related Groups” (APR-DRGs) with four severity-of-illness (SOI) subcategories as a model for hospital funding. The aim of this study is to verify whether this is an...

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Main Authors: Sarah Dewilde, Lieven Annemans, Hilde Pincé, Vincent Thijs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
SOI
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3134-6