Table 2. Percent of transfers of Medicare patients, by type of hospital from which transferred: United States, 1984 and 1985.

Year and type of hospital	Percent of transfers out of hospital	Number of cases in sample
1984, PPS year 1
Last resort	1.4	13,936
Other	1.0	131,560
1985, PPS year 2
Last resort	1.8	13,640
Other	1.2	129,595

NOTES: PPS year 1 is the first year of implementation of the prospective payment system at the hospital level. For a hospital whose fiscal year begins on Oct. 1, 1983, it is Oct. 1, 1983, through Sept. 30, 1984. For a hospital whose fiscal year begins on July 1, 1984, it is July 1, 1984, through June 30, 1985. PPS year 2 is the second year after implementation (defined similarly). Last-resort hospitals are generally city and county hospitals in cities of 1 million population or more; the remainder of the hospitals in these cities are designated “other.” Data from waiver States are excluded. Figures are based on a 5-percent sample of cases.

SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Bureau of Data Management and Strategy: Data from the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) file and Medicare cost reports.