title: Diagnostic protocols for radiologic efficiency.
abstract: Starting January 1988, New York State started an all-payor prospective reimbursement for inpatient hospitalizations. Medicare had already adopted a prospective reimbursement system for its patients during the previous year. This article reviews our departmental efforts to prepare for the consequences of these new policies.
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000191:economics*; D004526:Efficiency; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009519:New York City; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems