APR-DRGs provide the most accurate classification for predicting resource use and mortality in neonatal patients, minimizing systematic payment biases seen with Medicare DRGs.
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May refine neonatal payment accuracy and risk adjustment; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation before practice change.
John Muldoon (1999) studied this question.
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