Notman, Mark; Howe, Kenneth R.; Rittenberg, William; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 25 (1987) 12, pp. 1259-1267
Prospective hospital reimbursement based on Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) began in 1983 for Medicare patients, and many states are adopting similar systems for Medicaid recipients in an attempt to curb rising health care costs. Because of their unprecedented intrusiveness compared to previous...