Korea Journal of Hospital Management (한국병원경영학회지)
- Volume 6 Issue 3
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- Pages.148-166
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- 2001
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- 1226-6299(pISSN)
Application of RUG-m for Long-Term Care Elderly Patients
RUG-III를 이용한 노인환자군분류의 타당성검증
- Yi, Jee-Jeon (The Graduate School of Health Science and Management, Yonsei University) ;
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Yu, Seung-Hum
(Dept of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
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Ohrr, Hee-Chul
(Dept of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
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Nam, Chung-Mo
(Dept of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
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Park, Eun-Chul
(Dept of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
- Lee, Yoon-Whan (Dept of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Ajou University)
- 이지전 (연세대학교 보건대학원) ;
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유승흠
(연세대학교 예방의학교실) ;
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오희철
(연세대학교 예방의학교실) ;
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남정모
(연세대학교 예방의학교실) ;
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박은철
(연세대학교 예방의학교실) ;
- 이윤환 (아주대학교 예방의학교실)
- Published : 2001.12.30
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to classify elderly patient in long-term care facilities using RUG(Resource Utilization Group)-III. It is designed by measuring patient medical characteristics and medical staff time. Elderly patients are classified into 7 categories by clinical(medical and behavioral) hierarchical typology of patients. Through the tertiary split, all 44 groups are formulated. This classification is explained by each patient resource(staff time) utilization level which is called CMI(Case-Mix Index). Major findings are as follows; 1. The objects in this study were classified into 35 groups out of 44 groups. The most frequent category is clinical complex category(CCC; 38.9%). And extensive service category(ESC; 18.8%), reduced physical function category(RPC; 13.1%), special rehabilitation category(SRC; 12.8%), and impaired cognitive category(ICC; 0.00%) are followed. 2. The mean of total CMI was