title: The impact of DRGs on the health care industry.
abstract: The impact of Medicare's prospective payment system on hospitals and home care agencies includes significant changes in patient and service mix and quantity as well as rapid entrance of hospitals and proprietary organizations into the home care industry. As a result, many opportunities and challenges confront hospitals and other health care providers.
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014481:United States