Effects of the prospective payment system on nursing homes /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hing, Esther (Author)
Corporate Authors:	National Hospital Discharge Survey (U.S.), National Nursing Home Survey (U.S.), National Health Survey (U.S.)
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Hyattsville, Maryland : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics, 1989.
Series:	Vital and health statistics. Data from the National Health Survey ; no. 98. DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 89-1759.
Subjects:	Nursing homes > Utilization > United States > Statistics. Nursing homes > Prospective payment > United States. Nursing home patients > United States > Statistics. Nursing homes > Prospective payment. Nursing homes > Utilization. United States. Statistics.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo121998

Description
Item Description:	"This report presents statistics on utilization of non-Federal short-stay hospitals and nursing homes by persons aged 65 years and over. Estimates are based on data collected in the 1982-85 National Hospital Discharge Surveys and the 1977 and 1985 National Nursing Home Surveys. Measurements of hospital utilization are by frequency, percent, and average length of stay from 1982 through 1985. Nursing home use is examined by demographic characteristics, functional status in the activities of daily living, and diagnosis." "March 1989."
Physical Description:	1 online resource (iv, 38 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 18-19).