From: Functional mapping of hospitals by diagnosis-dominant case-mix analysis
 |  |  | Disease categories by rarity index | ||
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 |  |  | Rare diseases | Intermediate diseases | Common diseases |
Rarity index |  |  | 2.20–7.53 | 1.60–2.15 | 0.87–1.59 |
DPC disease category name (excerpts) | Â | Â | Pheochromocytoma, paraganglioma; Malignant cardiac tumour; Tuberculous meningitis, meningoencephalitis; Acquired deformation of femur; Orbital tumour | Malignant breast tumour; Tachycardic arrhythmia; Malignant gastric tumour; Chronic sinusitis; Rheumatoid arthritis of upper limb (from shoulder to hand) | Hypertensive disease (without organ damage); Type 2 diabetes (excluding diabetic ketoacidosis) and diabetes not elsewhere classified*; Cataract and other disorders of the lens; Metabolic disorders other than diabetes mellitus; Asthma |
Ratio of patients with each disease category for each group of facilities‡ (%) | Inpatient†| MTH | 79.9 (79.5 – 80.3) | 15.2 (14.9 – 15.6) | 4.8 (4.6 – 5.1) |
 |  | OTH | 74.4 (74.1 – 74.7) | 19.7 (19.4 – 20.0) | 5.9 (5.7 – 6.1) |
 |  | OPH | 68.1 (67.8 – 68.4) | 26.4 (26.2 – 26.6) | 5.5 (5.4 – 5.6) |
 |  | LPH | 55.5 (55.1 – 55.9) | 39.8 (39.4 – 40.2) | 4.7 (4.6 – 4.9) |
 |  | SPH | 54.1 (53.8 – 54.3) | 40.6 (40.3 – 40.8) | 5.4 (5.2 – 5.5) |
 |  | C | 49.2 (48.0 – 50.4) | 39.3 (38.1 – 40.4) | 11.5 (10.8 – 12.3) |
 | Outpatient†| MTH | 58.0 (57.6 – 58.4) | 29.9 (29.5 – 30.2) | 12.2 (11.9 – 12.4) |
 |  | OTH | 52.2 (51.9 – 52.5) | 31.9 (31.7 – 32.2) | 15.8 (15.6 – 16.1) |
 |  | OPH | 44.9 (44.6 – 45.1) | 34.7 (34.5 – 35.0) | 20.4 (20.2 – 20.6) |
 |  | LPH | 40.4 (39.9 – 41.0) | 38.7 (38.2 – 39.3) | 20.8 (20.4 – 21.3) |
 |  | SPH | 36.9 (36.5 – 37.3) | 39.0 (38.6 – 39.3) | 24.1 (23.8 – 24.4) |
 |  | C | 28.6 (28.4 – 28.8) | 39.6 (39.4 – 39.8) | 31.8 (31.6 – 32.0) |