Differences in Hospital Discharge Rates; A community-Based Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9100324 |
|---|---|
| Authors | RONALD J LAGOE, Ronald Lagoe (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 868-872 |
| Publication date | 1986-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-198609000-00008 |
| PMID | 3093784 |
| OpenAlex | W2033441877 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
by a patient's principal operating room procedure, principal diagnosis, age, comorbidities, complications, and discharge status. DRGs are collected into 24 Major Diagnostic Categories (MDCs), defined by anatomic areas and organ systems.1 Under PPS, Medicare admissions are being monitored by Peer Review Organizations (PROs) throughout the United States.2 At the same time, trends in hospital admission/discharges for other payors are receiving increased scrutiny from private sector utilization review mechanisms, such as pre-admission screening and second surgical opinion programs, and from health maintenance organizations.3'4 These developments have been associated with substantial declines in United States
Family medicine · Hospital admission · Hospital discharge · Intensive care medicine · Political science · Principal (computer security) · Scrutiny · Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes · Emergency Medicine · Healthcare Policy and Management · Hospital Admissions and Outcomes · Internal Medicine · Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1989 - 1989 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |