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Published Online: August 1992

Disability Status and Length of Stay at a VA Medical Center

Raymond Pary, Danielle M. Turns, Judith J. Stephenson, Carmelita Tobias, and Steven LippmannAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: Psychiatric Services

Volume 43, Number 8

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.844

Abstract

In this study, patients who benefited financially from extended admissions had a significantly greater proportion of hospital stays exceeding 20 days. The system of monetary rewards for veterans with service connected partial disabilities appears to prolong inpatient stays. Costs indude not only the increased disability payments, but also the additional expenses for the protracted stay and larger census.

It is unlikely that VA compensation rules will be changed. Physicians should be aware that patients with service-connected partial disabilities may have expectations for hospital stays different from their own. Taking appropriate discharge planning steps early in treatment is preferable to suddenly insisting on discharge on the 19th day of hospitalization, a measure not likely to be easily accepted by patients eligible for remunerated hospitalization.

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Volume 43 • Number 8 • August 1992

Pages: 844 - 845

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Published in print: August 1992

Published online: 1 April 2006

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Raymond Pary

University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky; Veterans Affairs, Medical Center, 800 Zorn Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40206

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Danielle M. Turns

University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky; Veterans Affairs, Medical Center, 800 Zorn Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40206

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Judith J. Stephenson

University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky; Veterans Affairs, Medical Center, 800 Zorn Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40206

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Carmelita Tobias

University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky; Veterans Affairs, Medical Center, 800 Zorn Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40206

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Steven Lippmann

University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky; Veterans Affairs, Medical Center, 800 Zorn Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40206

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