402/2008 Sb.
The COMMUNICATION FROM the
The Czech Statistical Office
of 30 March 2004. October 2008
about how to update the classification of hospitalized patients (IR-DRG)
The Czech Statistical Office in collaboration with the Ministry of health
pursuant to section 19 para. 2 of Act No. 89/1995 Coll., on State statistical service,
as amended, with effect from 1. January 12, 2009
the update classification of hospitalized patients IR-DRG (hereinafter referred to as
"IR-DRG classification").
Classification Of IR-DRG (Diagnosis Related Groups International Refined –
International zpřesněné groups related to diagnosis) allows you to
to classify patients in the acute hospital care on the basis of their
Clinical similarities and the comparability of the cost of their hospital
the stay.
For the classification of IR-DRG for the year 2009 issued by definition manual version
006.2009 (pdf format), a program for the automated spooling cases to
The DRG under this classification (called grouper), Czech version 006.2009, and
binding methodological materials and dials for use within the classification
IR-DRG, version 006.2009. For the release and distribution of the materials described above
corresponds to the Ministry of health of the Czech Republic, palacký square
4, 128 01 Prague 2.
Definition manual and grouper for IR-DRG classification can be obtained in the
electronic form, the procedure set out on the website
www.mzcr.cz. binding methodological materials and dials for use in
IR-DRG classification are also published on the Web
pages.
President:
Ing. Fischer, CSc in r.