A Hospital's Case Mix Index Is Derived By

question 52

Multiple Choice

A hospital's case mix index is derived by:

• A) Organizing each DRG by rank, with the patients in the most frequently occurring DRG listed as #1, and so forth
• B) Adding all DRG relative weights together and then dividing by the total number of cases discharged in a given time period
• C) Neither a nor b; case mix index is assigned by the federal government using special software
• D) Both a and b

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