eMJA Casemix Supplement: Ruben Box 6

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	DRG 180		DRG 186		DRG 335		DRG 533
	Crude	Adjusted	Crude	Adjusted	Crude	Adjusted	Crude	Adjusted
Male sex	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Age <2 years	ns	ns	14.19	9.20	1.80	1.67	4.17	3.87
			(2.0-285.2)	(1.2-68.9)	(1.1-3.0)	(1.0-2.8)	(1.9-9.7)	(1.8-8.3)
District of residence	ns	ns	3.95	2.78	4.62	3.45	ns	ns
			(1.6-10.0)	(1.2-6.4)	(2.5-8.9)	(1.9-6.4)
Two or more comorbidities	3.42	3.41	2.77	2.02	2.94	2.16	ns	ns
	(1.4-8.5)	(1.5-7.8)	(1.3-5.5)	(1.0-3.9)	(1.6-5.5)	(1.2-4.0)
Anaemia	ns	ns	2.23	ns	ns	ns	1.81	1.71
			(1.2-4.3)				(1.2-2.8)	(1.1-2.6)
Diarrhoeal disease	ns	ns	3.43	2.39	--	--	1.86	1.88
			(1.6-7.3)	(1.1-5.0)			(1.2-3.0)	(1.2-3.0)
Ear disease	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	1.62	ns	ns
						(1.1-2.3)
Fluid/electrolyte disturbance	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	--	--
Lung disease	--	--	--	--	ns	ns	ns	ns
Malnutrition	6.98	6.98	4.21	2.86	2.84	2.46
	(2.9-17.0)	(3.1-15.7)	(1.6-10.7)	(1.1-7.1)	(2.1-3.9)	(1.8-3.4)	--	--
Skin infection or infestation	ns	ns	2.10 (1.0-4.5)	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns

DRG = Diagnosis-related group (AN-DRG-2). DRG 180 Simple pneumonia, age < 10 years. DRG 186 Bronchitis and asthma, age < 10 years. DRG 335 Gastroenteritis, age < 10 years. DRG 533 Nutritional and miscellaneous metabolic disorders, age < 10 years. ns=not significant.