Hospital Inpatient Characteristics – MS-DRG by Patient County of Residence

This data table contains annual hospital inpatient summary data based upon the Patient’s County of Residence. The MS-DRG (Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Group) is a system used to classify a hospital inpatient stay into one of over 750 groups; each discharge record in the same MS-DRG is expected to have a similar hospital resource use. MS-DRGs are assigned based upon the principal diagnosis, additional diagnoses, procedures, sex and discharge status.