Measuring case severity: a novel tool for benchmarking and clinical documentation improvement

Abstract Background Severity of illness (SOI) is an All Patients Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (APR DRG) modifier based on comorbidity capture. Tracking SOI helps hospitals improve performance and resource distribution. Furthermore, benchmarking SOI plays a key role in Quality Improvement (QI) ef...

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Main Authors: Jie Xiang, Paul W. Durance, Louisa C. Griffes, Yalei Chen, Rishi R. Bakshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07935-1