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Recent fieldwork in proprietary nursing homes in New York City shows that this state's Medicaid system results in a selection hierarchy on admissions and within nursing homes not only in terms of sponsor of payment but also in value, based on residents' functional level. Specifically, New York State Medicaid's Resource Utilization Groups (RUGs II) system is responsible for a new and startling phenomenon in long-term health care of the elderly: the creation of \"minihospitals\" in lieu of traditional skilled nursing facilities. This problem indicates the complex ways in which reimbursement policy drives priorities in nursing homes and creates unintended negative outcomes. 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