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European Approaches to Patient Classification Systems

Methods and Applications Based on Disease Severity, Resource Needs, and Consequences

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Reiner Leidl

    1. GSF-Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Systemforschung, Neuherberg, Germany

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  2. Peter Potthoff

    1. Infratest Gesundheitsforschung GmbH & Co., München 21, Germany

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  3. Detlef Schwefel

    1. GSF-Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Systemforschung, Neuherberg, Germany

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Part of the book series: Health Systems Research (HEALTH)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • R. Leidl, P. Potthoff, D. Schwefel
      Pages 1-6

  3. Assessment of Acute and Chronic Diseases: Severity and Resource Needs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Concepts to Classify Patients by Disease Severity and Resource Needs

      • R. Leidl, J. M. Rodrigues
      Pages 9-21

    3. Patient Classification Systems: Overview of Experiments and Applications in Europe

      • M. M. Wiley
      Pages 22-34

    4. Roles of Case-Mix Measures in Managing Use of Resources

      • G. Bevan, C. Price
      Pages 35-51

    5. Using Diagnosis-Related Groups for Performance Evaluation of Hospital Care

      • F. Taroni
      Pages 52-68

    6. Severity Classification of Chronic Diseases for Rehabilitation Purposes

      • P. Potthoff, R. Diehl, A. Schrapp
      Pages 69-80

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 139-139
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About this book

R. Leidl, P. Potthoff, and D. Schwefel Health is a most vital resource represented in the degree of our well-being and our ability to conduct active and satisfactory lives. Acute and chronic illnesses diminish such well-being and abilities and may require resources for medical or nursing care. The improvement in health status, a major objective of health policy, requires the measurement of the severity of diseases and their consequences as essential elements of information. In application, the measurement approaches are gaining in relevance as they become more feasible and as more experience is gathered about their implementation and utilization. The feasibility of these new information tools is supported by developments in data processing technologies that permit broadly based empirical applications. Wider applications lead to improvements in the management use of this information. At the European level, better indicator systems of diseases and their various aspects are facing an increasing demand for patient-based health and health system comparisons and analyses. The measurement of health status and its implications can comprise a number of dimensions: various concepts of health and disease, types of diseases, methodological approaches of measurement, purposes of application and states of implementation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • GSF-Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Systemforschung, Neuherberg, Germany

    Reiner Leidl, Detlef Schwefel

  • Infratest Gesundheitsforschung GmbH & Co., München 21, Germany

    Peter Potthoff

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: European Approaches to Patient Classification Systems

  • Book Subtitle: Methods and Applications Based on Disease Severity, Resource Needs, and Consequences

  • Editors: Reiner Leidl, Peter Potthoff, Detlef Schwefel

  • Series Title: Health Systems Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75593-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: ECSE-EEC-EAEC, Brussels-Luxembourg 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-52417-5Published: 31 May 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-75593-4Published: 12 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1431-4002

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 139

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences, Health Informatics

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