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      Resource utilization groups (RUGs): defining chronic care, rehabilitation and nursing home case mix in Canada.

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      Healthcare management forum
      Elsevier BV

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          The two major purposes of this study were: (1) to evaluate Resource Utilization Groups (RUGs III) as a unified method for classifying all residential, chronic care and rehabilitation patients at the St. Joseph's Health Centre, London, and (2) to compare the potential funding implications of RUGs and other patient/resident classification systems. RUGs were used to classify a total of 336 patients/residents in residential, extended care, chronic care and rehabilitation beds at the Health Centre. Patients were also concurrently classified according to the Alberta Long Term Care Classification System and the Medicus Long Term Care System. Results show that RUGs provide relatively more credit for higher acuity patients than do the Alberta or Medicus systems. If used as a basis for funding, chronic care and rehabilitation hospitals would be entitled to more funding (relative to residential/nursing homes) under RUGs than under the other two patient classification mechanisms.

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          Journal
          Healthc Manage Forum
          Healthcare management forum
          Elsevier BV
          0840-4704
          0840-4704
          1993
          : 6
          : 4
          Affiliations
          [1 ] St. Joseph's Health Centre, London, Ontario.
          Article
          10.1016/S0840-4704(10)61129-5
          10131063
          8121ed23-5dd6-4185-b09b-b802c22f44ab
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