- Title
- Reimbursement under diagnosis-related groups: the Medicaid experience.
- First Author
- Hellinger, Fred J
- Date of Pub
- 1986 Winter
- Pages
- 35-44
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 2
- Other Authors
- N/A
- Abstract
- The implementation of the Medicare prospective payment system has sparked the growth of similar Medicaid systems. Eight State Medicaid agencies now employ a system based on diagnosis-related groups (DRG's), and another four State Medicaid agencies are planning to implement such systems in the near future. The eight DRG-based systems in existence in 1986 are examined in this article. Preliminary evidence presented herein indicates that Medicaid DRG-based systems have experienced reduced rates of increase in expenditures for hospital services and that hospital admission rates have not increased under these systems.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- Prospective Payment System : Diagnosis-Related Groups/economics : Hospitalization/economics : Medicaid/organization & administration : State Government : United States
- NTIS Number
- PB88-131586
