Prospective payment system and the volume of hospital care.
The study of the admission hospital days of the 35 general hospitals in Connecticut post-DRG payment reveals dramatic changes in the length of stay in, and number of admissions to, adult medical-surgical services.
D003237:Connecticut; D003625:Data Collection; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000639:trends; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000639:trends; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D013223:Statistics as Topic