John D. Thompson
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John Devereaux Thompson, R.N., M.S. (6 August 1917 - 13 August 1992) was a nurse and professor at the Yale School of Public Health who co-invented the diagnosis-related group
s (DRGs) that provided a basis for changing the system for hospital payment.
Diagnosis-related group
Diagnosis-related group is a system to classify hospital cases into one of originally 467 groups. The 467th was "Ungroupable." The system of classification was developed as a collaborative project by Robert B Fetter, PhD of the Yale School of Management, and John D Thompson, MPH of the Yale...
s (DRGs) that provided a basis for changing the system for hospital payment.