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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Organ transplant AN-DRGs: Modifying the exceptions hierarchy in casemix classification

Kathryn Antioch and Xichuan Zhang

Australian Health Review 23(1) 137 - 152
Published: 2000

Abstract

The study described in this article sought to develop AN-DRG Version- 3 classificationrevisions for organ transplantation through statistical analyses of recommendations formulatedby the Australian Casemix Clinical Committee. Two separate analyses of variance wereundertaken for AN-DRG Version- 2 and for the proposed Version- 3 AN-DRGs, using averagelength of stay as the dependent variable. The committee made four key recommendationswhich were accepted and incorporated into AN-DRG Versions 3 and 3.1. This article focuseson the classification revisions for organ transplantation.

https://doi.org/10.1071/AH000137

© AHHA 2000

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