Impact of an All-Inclusive Diagnosis-Related Group Payment System on Inpatient Utilization

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1126-1137

  Menke, Terri J ^a   Ashton, Carol M ^a   Petersen, Nancy J ^a   Wolinsky, Fredric D ^b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case based payment; Hospital utilization; Veterans' hospitals

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0032133265     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199808000-00003     Document Type: Article

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