DRG ripple and the shifting burden of care to home health.
It is no secret to any nurse in community health care that the DRG system has caused major shifts in the nature of the patient load, types of patients served, and level of care technology required. Phillips et al. detail the mechanism by which the care demands of the community have changed.
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