Extending the use of DRGs to estimate mean Home-Care cost by employing an adapted ASTM E2369-05 Continuity of Care Record

Author

Spyropoulos, B. ; Botsivaly, M. ; Tzavaras, A. ; Koutsourakis, K.

Author_Institution

Med. Instrum. Technol. Dept., Technol. Educ. Inst., Athens

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006

Firstpage

5210

Lastpage

5213

Abstract

The purpose of this study is the presentation of a system appropriate to be used upon the transition of a patient, from hospital to homecare. The developed system is based upon the creation of a structured subset of data, complying with the ASTM E2369-0 Standard Specification for Continuity of Care Record, concerning the most relevant facts about a patient´s healthcare, organized and transportable, in order to be employed during the post-discharge homecare period. The system allows for the extension of the use of DRGs to estimate mean Home-Care cost, taking advantage of the planning and the optimal documentation of the provided homecare

Keywords

costing; health care; medical administrative data processing; ASTM E2369-05 care record; DRG; diagnosis related groups; healthcare; home-care cost estimation; ANSI standards; Cost function; Documentation; Employment; Hospitals; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Mobile computing; Standards development; Standards organizations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

New York, NY

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0032-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260323

Filename

4462979