Hospitals in Massachusetts and Maryland have initiated programs by which elderly patients can go from a hospital to a carefully screened foster home rather than a nursing home.

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PubMed1980

Government to aid ailing HMOs, boost operations in '80s in industrial cities, health managers told.

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Financing, Government↗

PubMed1979

In-house medical device maintenance.

The establishment of a medical engineering department in this 600-bed institution has proved to be cost-effective and has improved the hospital's environment.

Biomedical Engineering↗

PubMed1979

New accounting system helps control costs.

With the split-cost accounting system, charges are made more equitable and patients pay for exactly what they get/Third-party payers in Massachusetts seem to like the system.

Accounting↗

PubMed1978

Aggressive utilization review shortens stays, lowers costs.

Reducing the number of overextended hospital stays no longer presents a problem at Framingham (MA) Union Hospital. Through the use of aggressive techniques designed by its utilization review committee, the hospital consistently has a better average length of stay by diagnosis than its peers in its geographic area. The hospital also has been able to avoid having an adversary relationship with its medical staff and has been successful in increasing patient awareness of the impact of federal regulations and cost constraints on hospitalization.

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