DRG Weight Tables

On this page you can browse the DRG weight tables. In the weight table selection list, in addition to the weight table name, you can see the DRG version code to which the weight table is linked. The default weight table for the user group is also marked.

The fields in the weight table are:

• DRG code
• DRG description
• Relative weight of the DRG
• Outlier limits for LOS and actual cost in revenue calculation
• Average length of stay in days (for information)
• Average cost breakdown in this DRG, fraction (%) of costs: ward stay, outpatient visits, procedures, imaging examinations, laboratory tests, pathological tests and other services and costs total.

Columns that contain only zeros are hidden.

You can sort the table by clicking on the column heading. You can filter rows by typing column-specific conditions on the filter row. You can download the weight table as a text or Excel file by clicking the Download button. The text file is compatible with VisualDRG for Windows.

Organization administrator functions

An organization administrator can upload new weight tables from a text file. The file format used in the upload is the same as the txt file format used in the download. You can export any existing weight table as a txt file and then replace the contents of the file with your own data. Uploaded weight tables are only visible to users in the same organization.

The organization's administrator can edit the following properties of their own organization's weight tables:

• DRG version to which the weight table is connected
• Name
• Description
• Base rates (DRG equivalence point price and daily rate for LOS outliers)

Several base rates can be defined for the weight table. You can for example set a base rate of 1000€/point for regional hospitals, 1100 for central hospitals and 1300€/point for university hospitals. Also, you can differentiate price by purchaser (public, private, foreigners etc.), if required. When serveral base rates are used, each user can choose the base rate to be used from the dropdown menu on the Pricing page. The descriptions of the base rates are displayed in the specified order in the dropdown menu.

An organization administrator can also delete their own organization's weight tables.

Upload / download file format

File upload and text file download use the same file format:

• no column header row
• tab delimited columns
• dot as decimal separator
• no thousands separator
• columns are DRG, Weight, LOS min limit, Cost min limit, LOS max limit, Cost max limit, Avg. LOS, Inpat %, Outpat %, Procedures %, Imaging %, Laboratory %, Pathology %, Others %
• missing numbers are replaced with zeros