Table 2. Percent distribution of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients within diagnosis-related groups (DRG's) N = 990.
| COPD patient management category1 | Relative cost weight | DRG 88 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease N = 267 | DRG 96 bronchitis and asthma age ≥ 70 and/or C.C.2 N = 200 | DRG 97 bronchitis and asthma age 18-69 w/o C.C.2 N = 201 | DRG 98 bronchitis and asthma age 0-17 N = 188 | 29 other DRG's 3 N = 134 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent distribution | ||||||
| Chronic bronchitis/asthma (N = 622) | 6.82 | 71.2 | 73.0 | 67.2 | 66.5 | 19.4 |
| Acute asthma attack (N = 151) | 1.69 | 0.7 | 14.0 | 31.3 | 30.3 | 0.7 |
| Acute respiratory failure (N = 53) | 22.50 | 9.7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 17.2 |
| Cor pulmonale (N = 52) | 10.90 | 12.4 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 |
| Bronchiectasis (N = 4) | 8.83 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pneumonia (N = 99) | 10.55 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 51.5 |
| Spontaneous pneumothorax (N = 9) | 14.45 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 |
1
Nurse reviewed medical record assignments.
2
Comorbidities and complications.
3
Includes 16 DRG's in the respiratory system major diagnosis category (MDC) and 13 DRG's in eight different MDC's.