DirectRecoveryGroups: Descriptions of the Direct Recovery Groups (DRGs) in the...

DirectRecoveryGroupsR Documentation

Descriptions of the Direct Recovery Groups (DRGs) in the Medicare data.

Description

Provides the medical meaning of the DRG codes.

Usage

data("DirectRecoveryGroups")

Format

A data frame with 100 observations on the following 2 variables:

drg

a character string that looks like a number

drgDefinition

a text description of the DRG

Details

This data table is related to 'MedicareCharges' and 'MedicareProviders'.

Source

Extracted from the highly repetitive table provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. See http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Medicare-Provider-Charge-Data/Inpatient.html

Examples

head(DirectRecoveryGroups)

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