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Casemix for inpatient care of elderly people: rehabilitation and post-acute care

Author(s) -

G. Iain Carpenter,

Gillian Turner,

RW Fowler

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/26.2.123

Subject(s) - medicine , rehabilitation , inpatient care , resource use , resource (disambiguation) , activities of daily living , resource planning , physical therapy , gerontology , health care , environmental resource management , computer network , environmental science , computer science , economics , economic growth

defining contracts for the care of elderly people on the basis of the number of episodes is inappropriate as it fails to take account of the wide variation in their physical disability and rehabilitation needs. Resource use on a day-to-day basis can be estimated for patients using the Resource Utilization Groups version III (RUG-III) casemix system. For practical use, RUG-III assessments cannot be made daily and so assessments at different time intervals were evaluated in order to give an indication of resource use for an inpatient stay. This study describes how RUG-III assessments can be used to give an indication of resource use for an inpatient episode.

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