DRGs: Forests and Trees

Discusses the problems of applying diagnostic related group (DRG) models of prospective payment to psychiatric patients, suggesting that E. Nightingale (see record 1986-20485-001) discounted the difficulty of using a psychiatric diagnosis as a predictor of length of stay in his study of prospective...

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Published in:The American psychologist 1987-02, Vol.42 (2), p.189-191
Main Authors: Choca, James P, Peterson, Charles A, Shanley, Luke A
Format: Article
Language:English
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Health Insurance
Human
Psychiatric Hospitalization
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Summary:Discusses the problems of applying diagnostic related group (DRG) models of prospective payment to psychiatric patients, suggesting that E. Nightingale (see record 1986-20485-001) discounted the difficulty of using a psychiatric diagnosis as a predictor of length of stay in his study of prospective payment in the Veterans Administration. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
ISSN:0003-066X
1935-990X
DOI:10.1037/0003-066X.42.2.189