Comparing Outcomes of Care Before and After Implementation of the DRG-Based Prospective Payment System.

Autor: Kahn, Katherine L., Keeler, Emmett B., Sherwood, Marjorie J., Rogers, William H., Draper, David, Bentow, Stanley S., Reinisch, Ellen J., Rubenstein, Lisa V., Kosecoff, Jacqueline, Brook, Robert H.
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Zdroj: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association; 10/17/90, Vol. 264 Issue 15, p1984, 5p, 6 Charts, 1 Graph
Abstrakt: Presents a study which compared the outcomes before and after implementation of the diagnosis related groups-based prospective payment system in several Medicare patients hospitalized in 1981 through 1982 and 1985 through 1986 with one of five diseases. Adjustment of outcomes for sickness at admission; Results; Discussion.
Databáze: Complementary Index