Case-Mix Classification of Medicare Residents in Skilled Nursing Facilities
Resource Utilization Groups (RUG-T18)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9103061 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brant E Fries (0000-0002-1592-2433, corresponding author), Don P Schneider, Walter J Foley (0000-0001-8587-1814, Engineering Systems (United States)), William J Foley, Mary Dowling (United States Department of Veterans Affairs) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 843-858 |
| Publication date | 1989-09-01 |
| 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 | 10.1097/00005650-198909000-00001 |
| PMID | 2505002 |
| OpenAlex | W1987391468 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
Medicare residents in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) represent a small but unique population about which little is known. Data collected in a national sample of 2,564 Medicare residents in 38 SNFs were used to derive a resident classification system appropriate for use in a payment system. The classification system, Resource Utilization Groups-Medicare (RUG-T18) explains 55.5% of the per-diem resource cost differences of Medicare SNF residents. No classification system could be derived to provide significant explanation of per-episode costs. Although Medicare residents are admitted to SNFs immediately following an acute stay that is paid according to their diagnosis-related groups, the DRGs were ineffective in explaining SNF resource costs
Business · Case mix index · Environmental resource management · Payment · Resource (disambiguation) · Resource use · Skilled Nursing Facility · Computer Science · Frailty in Older Adults · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Nursing
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 1994 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |