Mortality experience, 30-days and 365-days after admission, for the 20 most frequent DRG groups among Medicare inpatients aged 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993.
Hennen J, Krumholz HM, Radford MJ. Mortality experience, 30-days and 365-days after admission, for the 20 most frequent DRG groups among Medicare inpatients aged 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993. Connecticut Medicine 1995, 59: 137-42. PMID: 7729135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCrude mortality rateMortality rateDRG categoriesFiscal year 1991Medicare inpatientConnecticut acute care hospitalsThree-year study periodStudy periodElderly Medicare beneficiariesAcute care hospitalsInpatient admissionsConnecticut hospitalsAge 75Medicare beneficiariesFiscal year 1993Age 65Age groupsMortality experienceDRG groupsYears 1991AdmissionInpatientsHospitalMortality differentialsThree-year period