Use of specialty psychiatric settings in constructing DRGs.
Characteristics of a psychiatric setting, such as staffing intensity and scope of services, are examined to see if they contribute to explaining variation in length of stay over that explained by commonly available patient descriptors. For short-stay admissions (less than 31 days), only a small improvement in predictive ability was found. Implications for prospective payment systems are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000458:organization & administration; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006783:Hospitals, State / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics*; D008297:Male; D015442:Medicare Assignment / Q000191:economics; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000191:economics; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States