title: Confronting prospective payment: requirements for an information system.
abstract: The introduction of prospective payment for hospital care will inevitably create new demands for information on the costs of services. This discussion of an information system that is responsive to the requirements of prospective payment demonstrates how hospital social work departments can improve their access to data and thereby increase their own effectiveness.
mesh_terms: D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008331:Management Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D012948:Social Work Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States