Psychiatric inpatient care in the VA: before, during, and after DRG- based budgeting
Rosenheck R, Massari L. Psychiatric inpatient care in the VA: before, during, and after DRG- based budgeting. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1991, 148: 888-891. PMID: 1905110, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.148.7.888.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnosis-related groupsMedical-surgical careNumber of episodesInpatient carePsychiatric careReadmission ratesMore episodesVeterans Affairs Medical CenterComputerized discharge abstractsHigher readmission ratesInpatient psychiatric careNon-VA hospitalsPsychiatric inpatient careVA inpatient careMedicare diagnosis-related groupsNonpsychiatric hospitalizationsUnduplicated patientsUnique patientsBed daysDischarge abstractsMedical CenterCareProspective payment systemMean lengthNumber of discharges