A qualitative study of DRG coding practice in hospitals under the Thai Universal Coverage Scheme

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In the Thai Universal Coverage health insurance scheme, hospital providers are paid for their inpatient care using Diagnosis Related Group-based retrospective payment, for which quality of the diagnosis and procedure codes is crucial...

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Main Authors: Winch Peter J, Walker Damian G, Pongpirul Krit, Robinson Courtland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/11/71