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. 1979 Winter;14(4):253-65.

Changes in average length of stay and average charges generated following institution of PSRO review

M Westphal, E Frazier, M C Miller

Changes in average length of stay and average charges generated following institution of PSRO review

M Westphal et al. Health Serv Res. 1979 Winter.

Abstract

A five-year review of accounting data at a university hospital shows that immediately following institution of concurrent PSRO admission and length of stay review of Medicare-Medicaid patients, there was a significant decrease in length of stay and a fall in average charges generated per patient against the inflationary trend. Similar changes did not occur for the non-Medicare-Medicaid patients who were not reviewed. The observed changes occurred even though the review procedure rarely resulted in the denial of services to patients, suggesting an indirect effect of review.

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