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Table 1 Study characteristics of included articles

From: Capturing patients’ needs in casemix: a systematic literature review on the value of adding functioning information in reimbursement systems

			(n = 10)
A) Publication year
	a1	1991–2000	3
	a2	2001–2010	7
B) Country
	b1	Asia	1
	b2	Europe	4
	b3	North America	5
C) Study design
	c1	Prospective study	5
	c2	Retrospective study	4
	c3	Cross sectional study	1
D) Mean/Median age^a
	d1	<65 yrs.	3
	d2	66–80 yrs.	3^b
	d3	>80 yrs.	4

^aIf not indicated by the authors, means were estimated based on age distribution presented in the article
^bOne out of five DRGs had a mean age above 80 yrs

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