Witsberger, Christina. creator author. Kominski, Gerald F. author. Rand Corporation United States Health Care Financing Administration. text bibliography cau 1990 monographic eng

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xii, 52 pages ; 23 cm Hospital length of stay declined steadily during the 1970s, then rapidly during the early years of the Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS). This study examines these trends in hospital length of stay for Medicare patients between 1979 and 1987 for all cases combined, for medical and surgical cases separately, for different geographic regions, for surgical procedures grouped according to organ system, and for the highest-volume surgical procedures. The rate of decline in length of stay varied across procedures but was relatively uniform across geographic regions during this period. The mix of surgical procedures performed on an inpatient basis changed substantially, primarily because of changing technology and greater use of outpatient surgery. Christina Witsberger, Gerald Kominski. "August 1990." Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-52). Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. n-us--- Aged Hospital care United States Statistics Aged Surgery United States Statistics Hospital utilization Length of stay United States Statistics Medicare Statistics United States Statistics, Medical RA981.A2 W55 1990 0833010794 91142979 http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3940/ http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3940/ CstmoR 920212 rnd000000000047765