title: Cost containment, DRGs, and the ethics of health care. Ethical perspectives on prospective payment.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Policy and Ethics, Creighton University, Omaha, NE.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Dougherty
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D032982:Contracts; D003363:Cost Control; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004465:Economic Competition; D028663:Ethical Theory; D004989:Ethics; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D035082:Federal Government; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008489:Medical Indigency; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018579:Patient Selection; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States