Changes in the location of death after passage of medicare's prospective payment system.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Sager, M.A.; Easterling, D.V.
- Source
- New England Journal of Medicine. 2/16/89, Vol. 320 Issue 7, p433. 7p. 4 Charts, 1 Graph.
- Subject
- *MEDICARE
- Language
- ISSN
- 0028-4793
Reviews national mortality data from 1981 through 1985 to determine whether the use of nursing home care for terminally ill patients increased after the implementation of the prospective payment system (PPS). Study methods; Results; Conclusions.