Geriatric patients: AGGIR PATHOS SOCIOS, a tool to take into account the specificity of the geriatric patient in hospital financing complementary to APRDRG

Introduction Most developed countries use case-mix systems (APRDRG-type) to define the prospective budgets of their hospitals. However, these case-mix systems are based mainly on the main diagnosis and procedures and do not take into account the specificity of geriatric patients. In the present study, we use all geriatric tools (RAI, RUGs, RIM, etc.) to evaluate the needs of acute geriatric hospitals in terms of resource use. Then, using these techniques, we design a financing model for acute geriatric hospital departments.