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ArticleThe European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care2016

Marginal revenue and length of stay in inpatient psychiatry.

Mark Pletscher

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Article in The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Length of hospital stays and financial incentives: evidence from Dutch rehabilitation centers.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2024
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  2. Do discontinuities in marginal reimbursement affect inpatient psychiatric care in Germany?The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2021
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Mark PletscherInstitute of Economic Research, University of Neuchâtel, Rue A.-L. Breguet 2, Neuchâtel, 2000, Switzerland. markpletscher@gmx.ch.

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Abstract

This study examines the changes in marginal revenue during psychiatric inpatient stays in a large Swiss psychiatric hospital after the introduction of a mixed reimbursement system with tariff rates that vary over length of stay. A discrete time duration model with a difference-in-difference specification and time-varying coefficients is estimated to assess variations in policy effects over length of stay. Among patients whose costs are fully reimbursed by the mixed scheme, the model demonstrates a significant effect of marginal revenue on length of stay. No significant policy effects are found among patients for whom only health insurance rates are delivered as mixed tariffs and government contributions are made retrospectively. The results indicate that marginal revenue can affect length of stay in inpatient psychiatry facilities, but that the reduction in marginal revenue must be sufficiently large.

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Hospitals, PsychiatricHumansLength of StayReimbursement MechanismsRetrospective StudiesSwitzerlandTime FactorsHospitalLength of stayMarginal price effectProspective paymentPsychiatry

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