Source of Admission and Cost: Public Hospitals Face Financial Risk.

Autor:	Muñoz, Eric, Soldano, Richard, Laughlin, Ann, Margolis, Irving B., Wise, Leslie
Předmět:	PUBLIC hospitals PUBLIC health MEDICAL care HEALTH surveys MEDICARE MEDICAL care costs HOSPITAL emergency services DIAGNOSIS related groups
Zdroj:	American Journal of Public Health; Jun86, Vol. 76 Issue 6, p696-697, 2p
Abstrakt:	We studied all admissions to the 11 acute care hospitals of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (April 1983-September 1984) matching emergency room (ER) admitted diagnostic related group (DRG) subgroups in each hospital with at least five non-ER admitted patients (N = 222,961). Mean cost per ER patient ($8,385) was greater than non-ER mean cost per patient ($4,386) for Medicare and non-Medicare. Our data suggest that public hospitals with a high proportion of ER admissions may be at a financial disadvantage under DRG reimbursement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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