Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1986
ISSN
0360-8298
Publisher
Samford University Cumberland School of Law
Language
en-US
Abstract
The author advances the argument that Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) should be recognized as a health care resource allocation technique. In addition, the author offers four societal goals as a gauge for measurement of DRG performance and reviews the incentives and disincentives connected with utilization of DRGs in health care allocation. Finally, the author examines the dichotomous attitudes toward health care distribution which are present in society today. The author's primary goal is to illustrate the potential inequities which could result from allowing DRGs to force allocation of health resources without any reference to social responsibility issues.
Recommended Citation
Wendy K. Mariner,
Prospective Payment for Hospital Services: Social Responsibility and the Limits of Legal Standards
,
17
Cumberland Law Review
379
(1986).
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https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/1844
