Hospital employment under revised Medicare payment schedules.
A preliminary study of the employment effects of medicare payments based on Diagnosis Related Groups suggests that cost-cutting responses by hospitals will result in smaller, more highly skilled staff and a higher proportion of clerical to health care workers.
D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004651:Employment / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000639:trends*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States