DRGs, Elderly Patients, and the Managerial Family.

Author:

Fischer, Lucy Rose and Nancy N. Eustis.

Care for the elderly is compared before (1983) and after (1986) the new prospective payment system for hospitals was instituted. Major changes have occurred in the way the sick elderly are treated. Hospital care is essentially rationed and families are being forced into the role of managers in obtaining care for their elderly members.

Journal:

CURA Reporter

Publication date:

1987

Publisher:

Minneapolis: Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota.

Pages:

17 (5): 8-11.

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