title: Living with DRGs.
abstract: Efforts to curb Medicare and health care costs have resulted in new systems of third-party reimbursements to hospitals. The authors examine how implementation of a new system in New Jersey is affecting nurses and nursing care in that state.
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009515:New Jersey; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011787:Quality of Health Care