DRGs in PsychiatryAn Empirical Evaluation
作者:
Carl Taube,
Eun Lee,
Ronald Forthofer,
期刊:
Medical Care
(OVID Available online 1984)
卷期:
Volume 22,
issue 7
页码: 597-610
ISSN:0025-7079
年代: 1984
出版商: OVID
关键词: DRGs;case mix;length of stay;psychiatric prospective payment systems;reimbursement
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
On October 1, 1983, Medicare began paying general hospitals by a prospective payment system based on DRGs. Psychiatric settings are exempted automatically or by request. By January 1985, however, a decision is required on how to integrate psychiatric settings into this system. This article provides an empirical analysis of the current DHHS DRGs categories for mental disorders. Current mental disorder DRGs and alternate DRGs examined here explain less than 3-12% of the variation in psychiatric length of stay. This is in contrast to 30-50% explained variation for other disorders. Alternatives and policy implications are discussed.
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