Frank, Richard G.; Lave, Judith R.; Taube, Carl A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1986
Medicare's Prospective Payment System (PPS) for hospitals was phased-in during the 1884 Federal Fiscal Year. While many providers of psychiatric inpatient care were exempted from PPS patients treated in general hospital beds outside of psychiatric units (scatterbeds) were not. This allows for an...