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The DRG Family

Wolfram Fischer

State of affairs: 2007

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The Extended Family of DRG Systems (2007)

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A	Introduction
A.1		What are DRGs?
A.2		Modes of DRG refinement

B	The first stage of DRG development
B.1		Yale DRG (USA)
B.2		HCFA DRG (USA)
B.3		AP-DRG (3M/USA)
B.4		RDRG (USA)
B.5		APR-DRG (3M/USA)

C	Adaptations and futher developments in other countries
C.1		GHM (France)
C.2		AN-DRG (Australia)
C.3		NordDRG (Skandinavia)
C.4		DkDRG (Denmark)

D	Country self-developments
D.1		HRG (UK)
D.2		CMG (Canada)
D.3		LDF (Austria)
D.4		FP/SE (Germany)
D.5		HBC (Hungary)
D.6		DPC (Japan)

E	The Australian system and its successors
E.1		AR-DRG (Australia)
E.2		G-DRG (Germany)
E.3		SwissDRG (Switzerland)

F	Further developments in the United States
F.1		SR-DRG (USA)
F.2		MS-DRG (USA)
F.3		IAP-DRG (3M/USA)
F.4		IR-DRG (3M/USA)

G	Alternative Systems (1): Multiple grouping
G.1		Disease Staging (USA)
G.2		PMC (USA)
G.3		»mipp› (Switzerland)
G.4		EfP (France)
G.5		SQLape (Switzerland)

H	Alternative Systems (2): Episode-related Systems
H.1		HBG (UK)
H.2		DBC (Netherlands)

I	Abbreviations and References