Diagnosis Related Groups: Product Line Management within Hospitals
将医院视为提供诊断和治疗服务的企业，其产品是为患者提供的特定服务组合。文章介绍了基于患者特征定义医院产品的诊断相关分组系统，并讨论了其对改善医院管理的意义。
The hospital is viewed as a human service enterprise whose primary function is the provision of diagnostic and therapeutic medical services. Its products are the specific sets of services provided to individual patients. A system for defining hospital products based on the characteristics of patients receiving similar sets of services has been developed and is referred to as Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs). The system is described, and its implications for improved hospital management are discussed.