Shifting Medicare patients out of the hospital. Academic Article

abstract

• Medicare's prospective payment system (PPS) created incentives for the early discharge of hospitalized patients to sub-acute care: skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities, home health agencies, and long-term care hospitals. This study by Michael Morrisey, Frank Sloan, and Joseph Valvona examines changes in the proportion of patients transferred, the length-of-stay prior to transfer, and mean case-mix complexity of transferred patients. Their conclusions raise a number of issues for health policy and health care management.

authors

• Morrisey, Michael

published proceedings

• Health Aff (Millwood)

author list (cited authors)

• Morrisey, M. A., Sloan, F. A., & Valvona, J.

citation count

• 26

complete list of authors

• Morrisey, MA||Sloan, FA||Valvona, J

publication date

• January 1988

publisher

• Health Affairs  Publisher

published in

• Health Affairs  Journal

keywords

• Aged
• Hospitals
• Humans
• Length Of Stay
• Medicare
• Patient Discharge
• Patient Transfer
• Prospective Payment System
• United States

PubMed Central ID

• 3068108

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1377/hlthaff.7.5.52

start page

• 52

end page

• 64

volume

• 7

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.7.5.52