title: How to get the most benefit from a changing home health care system.
abstract: By 1998, a Medicare prospective payment system for home care is expected to be in place. Physicians must become more involved in home care, because they will be held accountable for the patients they refer and the services they order.
authors.affiliation: Brooklyn Hospital Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soundappan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Greengold
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Siegler
mesh_terms: D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000379:methods*; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D014481:United States