Table 2. Most frequent diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) for rural beneficiaries, by place of hospitalization: Fiscal year 1987.

DRG code	Description	Cases	Hospital
			Rural	Urban
			Percent
127	Heart failure and shock	29,441	80.46	19.54
89	Simple pneumonia and pleurisy1,2	24,415	83.92	16.08
140	Angina pectoris	23,435	83.02	16.98
182	Esophagitis, GI and miscellaneous digestive disorders2	19,867	80.20	19.80
14	Cerebrovascular disorders except transient ischemic attack	18,726	76.13	23.87
96	Bronchitis and asthma1,2	14,840	82.05	17.95
138	Cardiac arrythemia and conduction disorders2	13,484	78.29	21.71
296	Nutritional disorders2	12,975	80.90	19.10
209	Major joint and limb reattachment procedures	11,094	53.39	46.61
336	Transurethral prostatectomy2	10,966	65.30	34.70
320	Kidney and urinary tract infections1,2	10,459	82.77	17.23
15	Transient ischemic attack and precerebral occlusions	9,653	73.72	26.28
243	Medical back problems	9,416	70.88	29.12
174	Gastrointestinal hemorrhage2	9,034	80.09	19.91
122	Circulatory disorders with acute myocardial infarctions without cardiovascular complication, discharged alive	8,489	74.87	25.13

¹Over 17 years of age.

²With comorbidities and complications.

SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Bureau of Data Management and Strategy: Data are from the Medicare Provider Analysis Survey, 1987.