Behandlungsfalls
Behandlungsfall describes a single episode of medical treatment of a patient in a hospital or other inpatient setting. It begins with admission and ends with discharge, transfer, or death, independent of the number of consultations, procedures, or ward movements occurring during the episode.
In hospital statistics, a Behandlungsfall aggregates core information such as patient demographics, principal diagnosis, secondary diagnoses,
Behandlungsfälle serve administrative and analytic purposes. They form the basis for DRG-based reimbursement, where the combination
Data collection occurs in hospital information systems and is reported to national or regional statistics and