European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 12, 199,1 the stars and stripes Page 5 by the Washington Post Washington a the nation can expect Sharp increases in Hospital costs in the future because the easy methods of curbing expenses have been exhausted according to a study published thursday in the new England journal of Medicine. After a decade of efforts by medicare health maintenance organizations and others to Brake the growth of patient care costs the a Era of easy reductions. Is largely Over a the authors concluded. Even with Sharp changes in medical practice guidelines additional savings will be modest and temporary they predicted. The study was conducted by William b. Schwartz of Tufts University medical school and Daniel n. Mendelson a consultant on health matters they concluded that virtually All Cost savings on inpatient care in the 1980s came from cutting Back on needless admissions and reducing the length of Hospital stays not from improvements in efficiency. But there Are limits on How Many people can be sex eluded from the Hospital and How Short the stays can be made they said and the Hospital Industry appears to be reaching them. A consequently a further savings will be difficult to achieve a because much of the savings on inpatient care is being offset by the increasing costs of outpatient Carev. A a a. -. A. The costs of health care in the United states have been rising rapidly for Ninny years totalling $604 billion in 1989 a 11.6 percent of the Gross National product. The largest share by far goes for Hospital care about two fifths and getting a handle on controlling Hospital costs has been considered essential to holding Down Overall costs. When Congress and president Reagan enacted a hew system for paying medicare Hospital Bills in 1983, they thought they had found the Way. The heart of the new system was to Stop automatically paying hospitals whatever they spent on patient care and instead pay a fixed fee for various categories of ill Ness the payment would be the same regardless of length of stay so the Hospital could riot profit from keeping a patient in extra Days. But costs jumped from the mid-1980s rate of 2.2 percent to 7 percent in 1988. Guardsman gets 6 years in it. Hood desertion plan fort Polk la. A a Louisiana National guard Soldier was ordered imprisoned and Dis honorable discharged wednesday for organizing an abortive mass desertion front a base where his unit was training for persian Gulf combat. A court martial Board of seven army officers convicted sgt. Robert Pete 24, of attempted desertion conspiracy to desert solicitation to desert and arranging a strike or demonstration involving members of the armed forces. Pete was sentenced to six years in prison demoted to private and Dis honorable discharged along with forfeiture of All pay and other benefits. Peters lawyer capt Larry Finger said he will Appeal. Pete is one of three members of the 3rd in 156th inf based in Lake Charles who faced desertion in the stars and stripes charges. A a a a a a. . A a a a \ a court martial for pc. Dwayne k. Brown 19, began after Pete was sentenced. Pc. Derrick Guidry 24, faces trial april 24. They were accused of plotting an eariyfebruai7 desertion by roughly 100 guardsmen to protest conditions at fort flood Texas. Enthusiasm for the plan fizzled and officers got wind of the plan according to tuesdays testimony in closing statements prosecutors cited testimony of officers fellow guardsmen and a television reporter contacted by the men to show that they planned a Media protest at Lake Charles in addition tothe desertion. Finger Peters military defense counsel countered by assailing the credibility and character of guardsmen who testified against Pete under immunity from prosecution. Stateside medical student charged in Philadelphia shooting from wire reports Philadelphia a Virginia police have arrested a medical school resident and charged him with fatally shooting a Philadelphia insurance executive and wounding two other men Jean Claude Pierre Hill 29, of Elberson Van a offered no resistance tuesday when he was arrested As he jogged near his family s Home authorities Iti Surrey county. Va., said. Hill was arrested on a warrant issued by Philadelphia police charging him with murder aggravated and simple assault and weapons charges. The motive for the shooting was unknown. Peter l of i of Tabernacle,.n.j was walking along a Busy Midtown Street when Hill allegedly walked up behind him and began firing with an automatic handgun. Foy was hit in the head by the gunfire and rushed to Hahnemann Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Hill was due to begin his second year of residency in psychiatry at Hahnemann in May. Said Hospital spokeswoman Phyllis Fisher robber caught in traffic new York a a Manhattan Man who allegedly staged a Brazen wednesday morning robbery at a fifth Avenue Bank was picked up minutes later when his getaway limousine got stuck in traffic two blocks away police said. Sal Travella 28, of Manhattan was arrested and charged with robbing a Citibank Branch in Greenwich Village police said. The robbery occurred at 9 40 . When a Man armed with what looked like an Uzi sub machine gun forced his Vevay past a tellers Gate and cleaned out the contents of two drawers. He fled on foot said a police spokesman Smicer Ralph a . A a a. A a a a a the manager Yho had called police ran in the direction of the fleeing thief and spotted the suspect in a limousine stuck in traffic the spokes. Man said10 years ago april 12,1981 a Jack Nicklaus who has wort More major Golf tournaments than anyone in history played four consecutive holes in Only 10 strokes to score a seven under Par 65 and take a four stroke Lead in the second round of the 45th masters. A 20 years ago april 12,1971 a roman Catho lies of the ancient City of Worms Germany appealed to Pope Paul i to reconsider the papal order that condemned Martin Luther As a heretic ave centuries ago. Worms is where Luther faced parliamentary officials who demanded he recant. 30 years ago april 12,1961 a Adolf Eich marm accused of being Adolf hitlers chief instrument in the murder of 6 million. Jews challenged the right of Israel to bring him into court at the Start of his trial in Jerusalem. 40 year Sago april 12,1951�?president Truman relieved Gen Douglas Macar thur of All of his far East commands for not giving his a wholehearted support Quot to . And .  journey for Heinz members of a military Honor guard carry the casket of Republic influence to Champion causes affecting the elderly labor and can sen. John Heinz of Pennsylvania at a memorial service in the environment. Heinz 52, and six others were killed last week Pittsburgh on wednesday. The heir to the . Heinz co. For when a helicopter collided with their plane crashing in a suburb tune was eulogized As a selfless Man who used his wealth and ban Philadelphia schoolyard