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INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADVANCED SEARCH
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Select a Hospital.
You may do so by choosing a county or a city from the drop-down menu. Your
selection of a county or a city will reveal another drop-down menu that lists
all hospitals in that county or city.
If you do not know the county or city of the hospital you want to select, you
may choose “* Show all facilities” and select a hospital from the drop-down
menu that lists facilities in alphabetical order.
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Select a Major Diagnostic Category (MDC).
After you select a hospital, a list of MDCs will appear. An MDC is a general
classification of diseases or conditions treated in an inpatient setting. Click
on the MDC that most closely reflects the general type of hospitalization you
would like to research.
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Select a All Payor Severity Adjusted - Diagnosis Related Group (DRG).
After you select an MDC, a drop-down list of APS-DRGs will appear. A APS-DRG is
a more specific classification of hospitalization types based on the patient’s
medical condition, procedures performed (if any), and, in some cases, the age
and/or sex of the patient. Choose the DRG that most closely reflects the
specific type of hospitalization you would like to research. Please note that
the only APS-DRGs that will display for a specific hospital are those for which
the hospital had at least five discharges.
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Receive the results.
After you select a specific type of hospitalization, the following information
will be displayed:
- The name, address and telephone number of the hospital
you selected.
- The number of discharges, the average length of stay,
and information about the average charges for (1) the
selected hospital; (2) all hospitals in the selected county;
and (3) all hospitals with similar patient volume as the
selected hospital.
- Please note: the informaton for average length
of stay, and average has been severity adjusted to account
for differences in how sick the patients are for the selected
hospital.
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