title: Financial implications of prolonged ventilator care under DRGs 474 and 475.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Diseases of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Gracey
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Nobrega
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Naessens
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Krishan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000191:economics; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000191:economics*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States