Nation-wide in-patient treatment for eating disorders has become increasingly rare in the last decade. In Minnesota, for example, hospital stays for even the most severe cases of anorexia nervosa face coverage restrictions from health maintenance organizations. One effort is underway to find common ground between doctors and HMO's in treating anorexia nervosa, a psychiatric illness that kills one in ten of its sufferers.
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