The ability of the all patient refined (APR) and centres for medicare (CMS) diagnosis related groups (DRG) systems to evaluate clinical and functional outcomes of hospitalized elderly patients: A multicentre, prospective study
Alberto Pilotto1, Marilisa Franceschi2, Mauro Di Bari3, Franco Rengo4, Roberto Bernabei5, Luca Lorenzoni6, Niccolò Marchionni3 and Antonio Greco2*
1Geriatric Unit ULSS 16, S. Antonio Hospital,Padua,and Geriatric Research Laboratory, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo (FG) Italy.
2Geriatric Unit IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
3Unit of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery,University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
4Geriatric Unit, University “Federico II”, Napoli, Italy.
5Department of Geriatrics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
6 Health Department, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris.
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