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Psychiatric Hospital Length of Stay for Medicaid Clients Before and After Managed Care
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Description: Managed care systems allegedly discharge psychiatric inpatients quicker and sicker than fee-for-service programs. Study subjects were admitted to a general hospital that served adjacent counties. During 1994, both counties operated fee-for-service Medicaid mental health systems. In 1995, one county remained fee-for-service and the other assumed inpatient financial risk. Lengths of stay declined in both counties between 1994 and 1996. Managed care patients had longer lengths of stay than their fee-for-service counterparts (even after adjustment for confounders). Secular trends and practice patterns may influence length of stay more than managed care. (Authors)
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Type of Resource: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
Volume: 29
Issue: 3
Pages: 191-200
   
 
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