Addresses the increased need for sophisticated hospital management information in the wake of cost-containment pressures resulting from the prospective payment system and DRGs. Shows how the integration of clinical with financial data, or case mix information, can help maintain quality of care while minimizing costs. Examines information systems containing detailed case mix information on individual patients and provides technical information on the state of the art of case mix management: designing a system from scratch, enhancing existing systems, planning future enhancements, evaluating purchase of a system. Defines key terms and describes specific applications and examines the selection and quality of data to include in the system. A variety of case mix classification schemes are reviewed.
- ISBN10 0827342861
- ISBN13 9780827342866
- Publish Date October 1989
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 December 1992
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
- Imprint Delmar Cengage Learning
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 313
- Language English