Title Page
Contents
Abstract 9
Introduction 11
1. Hospitals in Korea 11
2. Overview of the Korean Diagnosis-Related Groups (KDRG) 11
3. Severity adjustment of the DRG systems 12
4. The severity adjustment of KDRG 12
5. The lack of validity of the severity adjustment scheme of the AR-DRG 13
6. Significance and Study Objectives 14
Materials & Methods 15
1. Data 15
2. Statistical analysis 16
3. Pattern analysis 17
Results 20
1. General characteristics 20
2. The pattern analysis 23
Discussion 25
1. The significance of the study 25
2. Review of the results 25
3. Limitations 27
Reference 29
초록 33
Table 1. A summary of study data at the MDC level 21
Table 2. The result of pattern analysis 24
Figure 1. Selection of study data for analysis 16
Figure 2. The Diagram of analysis method 17
Figure 3. Example of Pattern 1 where CCL differentiates the hospital charges... 18
Figure 4. Example of Pattern 2 where the average hospital charge of CCL 0 is... 19
Figure 5. Examples of Pattern 3 where the average hospital charge of CCL 0 is... 19