Abstract:The Diagnostic Related Group payment mechanism is rapidly changing economic incentives for hospitals. We studied resource consumption and age for a large group of urology patients under Diagnostic Related Group reimbursement. Total hospital costs (exclusive of Diagnostic Related Group reimbursement. Total hospital costs (exclusive of physician fees) for the 1,281 urology patients studied were $8,895,264. Older urological patients consumed a disproportionately larger share of hospital resources. Mean hospital c… Show more
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