This article analyzes Medicare psychiatric inpatient admissions from 1987 to 2004 to better understand Medicare’s new prospective payment system for inpatient psychiatric facilities.   

Cotterill, P. G. (2008). Medicare psychiatric admissions, 1987-2004: does the past offer insights for the future? Health Affairs, 27(4): 1132-9. DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1132. http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1132 Copyright ©2008 Health Affairs by Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.

Authors: Phillip G. Cotterill