Casemix Information Systems

Casemix Information Systems (CIS) is a suite of data applications designed to enable analysis of hospital patient episodes. The tools in the package have been provided to enable the simple creation of ad hoc reports.

In this section:

Frequently Asked Questions about casemix installation.

>> Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

The CIS suite consists of four applications:

Peer Group Statistics - analysis of DRG or MBS.

Clinical Profiles - clinical analysis of DRG by procedures, diagnosis, patient age and outcome.

Efficiencies Reporting - a report for comparing a hospital's statistics with national averages.

Benchmarking - analysis of the variations in individual hospitals.

Sample of Peer Group Statistics

Sample of Benchmarking

Publications

PHDB Reference Manual (PDF 1254 KB)

Contact:

Phone: 02 6289 8381
Email: hcp@health.gov.au
Feedback: casemix.queries@health.gov.au
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